1 Vorlesungen iiber die Geschichte der Phi!osophie. Erster Band. Hrsg. Joh. Hoffmeister. Leipzig 1940. S.101. ! Confessiones 11, 14. 3 Aufzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1875/79. Gesammelte Werke. Musarion-Ausgabe (Miin- chen…

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