A Treatise On The Valuation Of Life Contingencies Arranged For The Use Of Students Classic Reprint

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Valuation of Life Contingencies Arranged for the Use of Students When two Students arrange to go on simultaneously, and to compare their work as they proceed, each one may get through twice as much work as if he had been alone. In such a case it may be well to take some Life Table and Rate of Interest which have not been previously taken as the foundation for Tables, as in this way additional information is obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Thorough and lucid survey of Western philosophy from pre-Socratics to mid 20th century — major figures, currents, trends. Valuable section on contemporary philosophy — Brentano, Ortega, Heidegger, others. "Brevity and clarity of exposition..." — Ethics.