A. W. Benn

A. W. Benn

Alfred William Benn (1843–1915) was an agnostic and an honorary associate of the Rationalist Press Association. His book "A History of Modern Philosophy" was published in the Thinker's Library series in 1930.

He was the author of "The Greek Philosophers"(2 vols, 1882); "The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century" (2 vols, 1906); and "The History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy" (2 vols, 1912).

References

*Obituary: "Alfred William Benn", International Journal of Ethics, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jan., 1916), pp. 282-283
*Obituary: "A. W. Benn", R. G. Bury, The Classical Review, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Mar., 1916), p. 63


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