PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

"TOO SWIFT ARRIVES TOO TARDY AS TOO SLOW."

---Shakespeare.

HISTORY

OF THE

PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

BY

ROBERT FLINT

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE ;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PALERMO ;
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,

ETC.

AU

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCXCIII

All Rights reserved