There was a time when philosophy might have been defined as the science of human activity, so all-comprehensive was it. The ambitious Greek who would attach his name to a philosophical system must include in his scheme all that could be known, done, and speculated about God, the world, and man. In the course of time and the specialization of the sciences this view of philosophy fell away, and was replaced by the more exact and narrower conception of modern times.


Butler (1886) "The Progress of Psychical Research", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 29, August 1886

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There was a time when philosophy might have been defined as the science of human activity, so all-comprehensive was it. The ambitious Greek who would ...

There was a time when philosophy might have been defined as the science of human activity, so all-comprehensive was it. The ambitious Greek who would ...

There was a time when philosophy might have been defined as the science of human activity, so all-comprehensive was it. The ambitious Greek who would ...

There was a time when philosophy might have been defined as the science of human activity, so all-comprehensive was it. The ambitious Greek who would ...