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).

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  • 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). Benn was also a member of the London Positivist group and a friend of the lawyer and positivist Vernon Lushington. Lushington's daughter Susan recorded in her diary on 3rd September 1889 that Benn and his wife visited the Lushingtons Surrey home - Pyports, Cobham - and how Mrs Benns told her "how she came to be a positivist."
  • Alfred William Benn was een Brits filosoof en agnost. Hij was erelid van de Britse Rationalist Press Association, een organisatie die rationalisme en vrijheid van denken promoot. Zijn boek A History of Modern Philosophy werd in 1930 uitgebracht als deel van de Thinker's Library. Benn schreef ook: The Greek Philosophers (tweedelig, 1882) History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century (tweedelig, 1906) The History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy (tweedelig, 1912)
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  • 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).
  • Alfred William Benn was een Brits filosoof en agnost. Hij was erelid van de Britse Rationalist Press Association, een organisatie die rationalisme en vrijheid van denken promoot. Zijn boek A History of Modern Philosophy werd in 1930 uitgebracht als deel van de Thinker's Library. Benn schreef ook: The Greek Philosophers (tweedelig, 1882) History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century (tweedelig, 1906) The History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy (tweedelig, 1912)
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  • A. W. Benn
  • Alfred Benn
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