CHAPTER I. THE CHARACTERISTICS AND DIVISIONS OF THE MODERN PERIOD 1 THE DIFFICULTY IN THE STUDY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY 1 THE PERIODS OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY 2 THE CAUSES OF THE DECAY OF THE CIVILIZATION OF THE MIDDLE AGES 4 (a) _The Internal Causes_ 4 (1) The Intellectual Methods were Self-Destructive 4 (2) The Standard of Truth became a Double Standard 5 (3) The Development of Mysticism 5 (4) The Doctrine of Nominalism 5 (b) _The External Causes_ 6 CHAPTER II. THE RENAISSANCE (1453–1690) 8 THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE RENAISSANCE 8 (a) _The New Man of the Renaissance_ 8 (b) _The New Universe of the Renaissance_ 9 (1) The Transformation of the Physical Universe 9 (2) The Restoration of the World…
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