Contents

[Preface.]
[Chapter I. The Religious Interpretation Of The World.]
[What is Distinctive in the Religious Outlook.]
[Chapter II. Naturalism.]
[What is Distinctive in the Naturalistic Outlook.]
[The True Naturalism.]
[Goethe's Attitude to Naturalism.]
[The two Kinds of Naturalism.]
[Aim and Method of Naturalism.]
[Chapter III. Fundamental Principles.]
[How the Religious and the Naturalistic Outlooks Conflict.]
[Mystery : Dependence : Purpose.]
[The Mystery of Existence Remains Unexplained.]
[Evolution and New Beginnings.]
[The Dependence of the Order of Nature.]
[The “Contingency” of the World.]
[The Real World.]
[The Antimony of Our Conception of Time.]
[The Antimony of the Conditioned and the Unconditioned.]
[The Antimony of Our Conception of Space.]
[The Recognition of Purpose.]
[Teleological and Scientific Interpretations are Alike Necessary.]
[Chapter IV. Darwinism In General.]
[The Development of Darwinism.]
[Darwinism and Teleology.]
[The Characteristic Features of Darwinism.]
[Various Forms of Darwinism.]
[The Theory of Descent.]
[Haeckel's Evolutionist Position.]
[Weismann's Evolutionist Position.]
[Virchow's Position.]
[Other Instances of Dissatisfaction with the Theory of Descent.]
[Chapter V. Religion And The Theory Of Descent.]
[The Problema Continui.]
[Chapter VI. Darwinism In The Strict Sense.]
[Differences of Opinion As To the Factors In Evolution.]
[Weismannism.]
[Natural Selection.]
[Chapter VII. Critics Of Darwinism.]
[Lamarckism and Neo-Lamarckism.]
[Theory of Definite Variation.]
[De Vries's Mutation-theory.]
[Eimer's Orthogenesis.]
[The Spontaneous Activity of the Organism.]
[Contrast Between Darwinian and Post-Darwinian Views.]
[Chapter VIII. The Mechanical Theory Of Life.]
[The Conservation of Matter and Energy.]
[The Organic and the Inorganic.]
[Irritability.]
[Spontaneous Generation.]
[The Mechanics of Development.]
[Heredity.]
[Chapter IX. Criticism Of Mechanical Theories.]
[The Law of the Conservation of Energy.]
[Criticisms of the Mechanistic Theory of Life.]
[Virchow's “Caution”.]
[Preyer's Position.]
[The Position Of Bunge and Other Physiologists.]
[The Views of Botanists Illustrated.]
[Constructive Criticism.]
[The Constructive Work of Driesch.]
[The Views of Albrecht and Schneider.]
[How all this affects the Religious Outlook.]
[Chapter X. Autonomy Of Spirit.]
[Naturalistic Attacks on the Autonomy of the Spiritual.]
[The Fundamental Answer.]
[Individual Development.]
[Underivability.]
[Pre-eminence of Consciousness.]
[Creative Power of Consciousness.]
[Activity of Consciousness.]
[The Ego.]
[Self-Consciousness.]
[The Unity of Consciousness.]
[Consciousness of the Ego.]
[Chapter XI. Freedom Of Spirit.]
[Feeling, Individuality, Genius, and Mysticism.]
[Feeling.]
[Individuality.]
[Genius.]
[Mysticism.]
[Mind and Spirit. The Human and the Animal Soul.]
[Personality.]
[Parallelism.]
[No Parallelism.]
[The Supremacy of Mind.]
[“The Unconscious”.]
[Is there Ageing of the Mind?]
[Immortality.]
[Chapter XII. The World And God.]
[Footnotes]

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