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Sie haben es schon in intellektualistische Färbung gebracht, aber sie empfanden das Ganze als eine Niedergangsströmung, und sie empfanden Gewissensbisse bei der aufgehenden Strömung, die nach Individualität hindrängte — bis dann diejenigen Philosophen kamen, die unter einem bestimmten Einfluß standen, der eigentlich allen Sinn totgeschlagen hat. Wenn man radikal spricht, kann man auch sagen: bis die kamen, die unter dem Einfluß von Descartes, von Cartesius standen; denn auch sehr viele von denen, die in der früheren Scholastik drinnengestanden hatten, waren ja der Denkweise des Cartesius sozusagen zum Opfer gefallen. 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