That period of the intellectual life of Europe which is known as the age of the Renaissance is characterised, on the one hand, by the breach with the shackled, disconnected, and limited conception of life of the Middle Ages, and on the other, by the extension of view to new spheres and the unfolding of new powers. - Vol. I

By the middle of the Eighteenth century the Wolffian philosophy had established its ascendency in Germany. - Vol. II