A
Absolute knowledge, false character of, [60].
power considered, [175].
Abstraction, not the true method of philosophy, [354].
Æther of the nerves, [76].
Age, the early Christian, [148].
the middle, [149], [246].
that of the restoration of letters, [150].
anti-Christian spirit of the present, [151].
a struggle for truth the conflict of the present, [158].
the spirit of the present a spirit of untruth, [159].
different ages of the history of the world, [163].
characteristics of the present, [164], [457].
the middle contained all the elements of the Christian state, [182].
rationalism to be feared in the present, [227].
spirit of the present, [409].
Alphabet, the psychological, [452].
Angels, the neutral, [136].
Animals, soul of, [121].
Antediluvian—see World.
Architecture, its alliance to sculpture, [260].
Ariana, the, [246].
Aristotle, his system, [243].
Aristotelian schoolmen, [247].
Art, symbolical nature and constitution of life with reference to it, [256].
Art, all symbolical, [257].
religious origin of, 2[65]
a feeling of the infinite, [415].
a universal language, [421].
evil influences of, [455].
hope the soul of, [456].
present state of, [458].
spurious, [461].
Astronomy, modern, [84].
seven the traditionary number of the planets, [85].
Pythagorean system of, [85].
Atheism, produced by French philosophy, [18].
tendency of modern science to, [155].
Atlantis, legend of, [83].
Authority, God the source of, [168].
Avarice, its character, [34].
apart from industry, [35].
B
Beauty, [506].
source of in fiction, [510].
Bible—see Scriptures.
Body, the spiritual, [74].
Byron, his Cain, [21], [410].
C
Cause, final, doctrine of, [125].
Creation intelligible, [127].
Chemical analysis, modern, results of, [88].
China, its state of separation, [181].
Christianity, revelation of, [146].
first eight Christian centuries, [148].
the middle ages, [149].
anti-Christian spirit of this era, [151].
universal peace, [184].
its dispensation, struggle between light and darkness in, [207].
its science and philosophy, [245].
the Gnostics and Arians, [246].
the middle ages—the Aristotelian schoolmen, [247].
disputations of the schoolmen, [248].
of the eighteenth century, [249].
without an altar, [268].
the Christian state an hereditary monarchy, [282].
the true guardian of liberty, [287].
its jurisprudence, [296].
spread among the Mohammedans, [297].
its priests not hereditary, [308].
its justice the basis of European peace, [311].
confederation of its states, [312].
Church, its collision with the state, [299], [304].
separation of, [306].
Communion, the highest symbol of faith, [267].
Compass, the invention of, [83].
Candillac, his philosophy, [17].
Conscience, its relationship to reason, [54].
imperfection of, [435].
Consistency the criterion of truth, [252].
Creation, final cause of, intelligible, [127].
D
Death, final emancipation of nature from, [93].
destruction of, [340].
Deluge, the, how to be considered, [218].
Despotism, [290].
the natural result of anarchy, [291].
Dialogue the natural form of philosophy, [68].
the true form assumed by all living thought, [381].
Discernment the link between faith and science, [195].
Divine—see God.
Doubt, a necessary condition of man’s mind, [426].
essential to man, [526].
the passage from ignorance to knowledge, [527].
absolute, a source of error, [530].
true, and limited, indispensable to advance of knowledge, [531].
Dreams, their character, [29].
E
Earth, man’s affinity to, [81].
Education, its symbolical character, [262].
philosophy the crown of, [348].
English, the Reformation among, [299].
their constitution, [303].
Church and State. [304].
Enthusiasm springs from love, [37].
the origin of patriotism, [38].
its longing for the eternal and divine, [38], [421], [479].
Epicureans, the, [244].
Error, rapid growth of, [60].
four sources of, [105].
intermediate conflict of, with truth, [153].
religious, two forms of, [176].
twofold spirit of truth and error, [206].
struggle between, [207].
reason and fancy the ultimate sources of, [221].
understanding and will co-operating
causes in its formation and diffusion, [223].
truth not established by its refutation, [229].
controversy with, begets it, [314].
knowledge of, [489].
co-ordinate with knowledge, [506].
two sources of, in philosophy, [522].
subjective, [523].
absolute doubt a source of, [530].
Eternal punishments, [133].
the unquenchable fire, [134].
Eternity, [401].
not reconcilable with time, [405].
of the world, [406].
Europe, peace of, based on Christian justice, [311].
Evil, moral, a result of man’s freedom, [130].
physical, a means of purification, [131].
influence of, in nature, [338].
F
Faith, man’s, not sufficiently childlike, [112].
can restore unity to the mind, [113].
its dissension between faith and science, [193].
discernment the link between them, [196].
reconcilable with science, [199].
choice between that and infidelity, [210].
not a negative limitation of reason, [214].
its identity with supreme science, [216].
the soul’s firmament, [218].
communion its highest symbol, [267].
genuine and spurious, [453].
true and false faith, [476].
universal, [486].
in relation to time, [498].
its relation to knowledge, [499].
knowledge impossible without it, [500].
Fall, the, physical consequences of, [92].
discord of the mind one of its consequences, [98].
Falsehood to be fought with its own weapons, [156].
trifling with oaths, [159].
the present spirit of the age, [159].
Fancy, man’s distinctive property, [25].
a division of the soul apart from reason, [30].
its influence on the sense, [31].
on the passions, [32].
its influence on the nobler feelings, [35].
on love and marriage, [37].
on enthusiasm, [37].
on all man’s emotions, [40].
the poetical, [40].
its powers, [75].
fancy and reason the ultimate sources of error, [221].
seldom harmonizes with reason, [361].
not attributable to God, [370].
Feeling, the center of consciousness, [473].
its spurious and genuine manifestations, [474].
a source of revelation, [518].
Fichte, his philosophy, [19].
Final causes, doctrine of, [125].
of creation intelligible, [127].
Freedom, man’s, [128].
moral evil a result of it, [130].
created spirits without it, [134].
of philosophy, [186].
French, their modern philosophy, [17].
its atheism, [18].
its fatal results, [18].
their advancement in physical science, [22].
G
Generation, spontaneous, creatures of, [122].
Genius, worship of, [455].
Geology, analogy of philology to, [388].
must maintain the union of soul and spirit, [443].
Germans, their philosophy, [19].
Kant, [19].
Jacobi, Fichte, [19].
Schelling, [20].
Hegel, [21].
its superiority to the French, [22].
its old Christian empire, [288].
its customary law, [294].
confederation of states, [308], [312].
Gnostics, the, [246].
God, his attributes, [55].
figurative language as applied to Him, [56].
His divine nature unappreciated by reason, [57].
the understanding the only proper organ for acquiring a knowledge of Him, [58].
limitation of His justice and mercy, [60].
knowledge of Him a science of experience, [61].
His revelation to man, [65].
knowledge of, illimitable, [73].
condescension of the divine essence, [108].
self-denial bringing us near Him, [109].
the author and preserver of nature’s laws, [117].
His divine nature not subject to necessity, [129].
His divine wisdom manifested in the realm of truth, [141].
His divine order in the history of the world and relations of States, [162].
the source of justice and authority, [168].
kings His vicegerents, [169].
priests, [171].
His temporal judgments on the world, [178].
the Greeks His second chosen people, [180].
His being not a matter of reasoning, [190].
can alone bring about the theory of science, [334].
restoration of His image in man, [337].
the mind’s consummation in Him, [366].
understanding may be predicated of Him, [371].
can not be said to have a soul, [372].
the idea of, the only idea, [445].
unintelligible without love, [446].
Greeks, their philosophers, different cosmogonies of, [8].
a second chosen people of God, [180].
rise and decline of their philosophy, [239].
their logic, [254].
H
Heathenism a corruption of a purer Gentilism, [234].
Hegel, his philosophy, [21].
Hieroglyphics, illustrated symbolism of life, [270].
Hindoos, their trinity, character of, [202].
their logic, [254].
History, a prelude of the final judgment, [172].
a rehearsal of the first temptation, [173].
ancient, its results, [291].
Honor apart from pride, [35].
Hope, the vital flame of faith and love, [114], [420].
universal, [486].
in relation to time, [498].
I
Idealism, [511], [523].
Ideas, innate, [79].
of death, [79].
Identity, system of, [511].
Idolatry of science, [216].
of rationalism, [221].
Incarnation, the principle of new life, [272].
Indians, their affinity to the Teutons, [307].
Industry apart from avarice, [35].
Infidelity, choice between, and faith, [210].
its identity with superstition, [211].
Infinite, the, poetry a feeling of, [414].
art, a feeling of, [415].
effects of a perverted sense of, [416].
influence of pure longing for, [418].
Innocence, remembrances of primeval, [496].
Instincts, divided from the senses, [31].
become passions, [32].
their pernicious character, [33].
their nobler character, [35].
the external, [429].
Intuition, intellectual, theory of, [253].
Irony, [380].
J
Jacobi, his philosophy, [19].
Jews, the prophetic people, [146].
their present state, [181].
their dispensation, struggle between light and darkness in, [217].
their theocracy—see Theocracy.
their monarchy, [325].
John, St., Gospel of, [204].
Judges, the ministers of the Jewish theocracy, [324].
Judgment, the faculty of, [166].
final, history a prelude of, [172].
the last, [177].
God’s temporal judgments, [178].
phenomena of, [438].
essentially a feeling, [439].
Judicial, the, the highest function of kings, [275].
constitute all prerogatives of supreme power, [278].
the throne and scepter its symbols, [279].
Jurisprudence, Christian, [295].
Justice, divine, limited, [61].
God the source of, [168].
Christian, the basis of European peace, [311], [316].
K
Kant, his philosophy, [19].
Kings, the vicegerents of God, [169], [280].
their power, [273].
sanctity of, [274].
the judicial, the highest function of, [275].
Knowledge, true, slow progress of, [59].
absolute, false character of, [60].
of God, a science of experience, [61].
or divine things, illimitable, [73].
pursuit of, must have a real basis, [491].
relation of faith to, [499].
impossible without faith, [500].
true, [532].
must start from a real object, [538].
its second step a generalization, [539].
its third step an idea, [540].
[L]
Language, how produced, [49].
the joint produce of tool and spirit, [378].
origin of, [383].
the original, now lost, [386].
original unity of, probable, [387].
primary and secondary, [389].
English, Persian, and French, [390].
perfect in its origin, [391].
classification of, [393].
the picture of consciousness, [395].
the common memory of mankind, [397].
elements of, [448].
ten, the true number of elementary sounds, [449].
vowels, consonants, and aspirates, [451].
the psychological alphabet, [452].
Life, its symbolical nature and constitution
with reference to art and man’s moral relations, [256].
symbolical equation of, [269].
its symbolisms illustrated by hieroglyphics, [270].
new, incarnation, the principle of, [272].
philosophy conversant with it, [350].
the final object of physical research, [502].
the unity of being and thought, [512].
see also Philosophy.
Logic of the Greeks and Hindoos, [254].
utility of a higher one, [254].
true, a grammar, [465].
Love, the foundation of happiness and moral welfare, [36].
marriage, [36].
the origin of enthusiasm, patriotism, &c., [37].
its connection with marriage, [41].
difference between genuine and spurious, [42].
the means of reuniting the reason and fancy, [362].
universal, [486].
in relation to time, [498].
M
Magnetism, phenomena of, [83].
Mohammedan empire, [180].
change in their position, [182].
compared with the Roman, [297].
spread of Christian ideas in, [297].
Man, compared with spiritual beings, [24].
fancy his distinctive property, [25].
his triple nature, [26].
his fourfold consciousness, [27].
physiology of, [76].
his affinity to the earth, [81].
concurrence of his will in faith, [109].
his faith not sufficiently childlike, [112].
his longing after the eternal and sublime, [113].
his freedom, [128].
moral evil a result of his freedom, [130].
physical evil a means of purification, [131].
eternal punishment of, [132].
doctrine of his pre-existence, [137].
nature considered relatively to him, [139].
his gradual development, [141].
his general sense for truth, [144].
philosophy of life a science of, [187].
his nature symbolical, [263].
restoration of the divine image in, [337].
compared with brutes, [360].
with angels, [360], [368].
ascription of his faculties to God, [369].
his free will, [373].
manifested in doubt, [375].
the created word, [425].
doubt a necessary condition of his mind, [426].
partial development of his faculties, [433].
his knowledge, [481].
can it be perfect? [484].
limits to his speculation, [535].
Marriage, the foundation of human and political society, [36].
the world’s judgment of it, [42].
difference between genuine and spurious love, [42].
its three conditions, [43].
reciprocal influence, [44].
Materialism has its rise in imagination, [519].
Mathematics, formulæ of, inappropriate to
philosophy, [14].
that of nature, [81].
use of, in philosophy, [345].
principles of empirical, [508].
Medicine, a basis of the science of nature, [78].
Memory, a faculty of the soul, [51], [398].
essential to rationality, [52].
imperfections of, [434].
Mercy, divine, limited, [61].
Method, right use of, in philosophy. [13], [186].
Middle age—see Age.
Mind, the, intrinsic discord of, [96].
a consequence of the fall, [98].
restoration of unity, [99].
originally simple, [102].
its essence in pure spirits, [104].
unity of, only to be restored by faith, [114].
struggle between light and darkness in, [209].
the principle of supreme science, [215].
restoration of perfection to it, [335].
a prey to discord. [356].
the, fourfold discord of, [359].
its consummation in God, [366].
inherent discord of, [376].
its yearnings after unity, [377].
doubt a necessary condition of, [426].
feeling the center of unity in, [436].
Miracles, possibility of, [117].
Monarchy, hereditary, the true Christian polity, [286].
mixed, [289].
Moses fought falsehood with its own weapons, [156].
founder of the Jewish theocracy, [321].
Music the representation of ideas, [257].
Mysteries in nature, [126].
Mythology, the subjective the principle of, [219].
its pantheism, [220].
ancient, [517].
vestiges in it of divine truth, [518].
N
Nature, science of, based on medicine, [78].
possibility of attaining it, [79].
innate ideal of its true mathematics, [80].
man’s affinity to the earth, [81].
magnetism, [83].
the compass, [83].
legend of Atlantis, [83].
modern astronomy, [84].
seven the traditionary number of the planets, [85].
Pythagorean system of astronomy, [85].
results of modern chemical analysis, [87].
nature, a system of living forces, [88].
sleep an essential law of, [89].
intelligible to the spiritual only, [90].
physical consequences of the fall, [92].
final emancipation of from death, [93].
its divine order, [115].
a living reproductive power, [116].
God the author and preserver of its laws, [117].
miracles, the Deluge, [118].
no blind necessary force, [119].
a Theodicée, or justification of God’s ways in the world—its perplexities, [120].
the soul of animals, [121].
creatures of spontaneous generation, [122].
influence of the evil spirits, [124].
doctrine of final cause, [125].
the preadamite world a paradise for angels, [125].
mysteries in, [126].
final cause of creation intelligible, [127].
divine nature not subject to necessity, [129].
created spirits without freedom, [134].
immortal spirits with animal forms, [135].
nature considered relatively to man, [139].
best described by symbols, [140].
influence of evil in, [338].
originally created immortal, [340].
perfection of, [340].
Nerves, æther of, [76].
Numbers, Pythagorean theory of, [462].
P
Painting, the true spiritual art, [259].
Pantheism, mythological and scientific, [220].
as fatal to truth as rationalism, [226].
Parental power, [273].
sanctity of, [273].
Passions, arise from the higher instincts, [32].
the pernicious, [33].
the nobler, [35].
Patriotism springs from enthusiasm and love, [40].
Peace, Christian, universal, [183].
Philology, its analogy to geology, [388].
Philosophy, its dreamy character, [7].
unfeasibility of Plato’s ideal, [8].
cosmogonies of the Ionian school, [8].
objects and limits, [9].
form and method of true philosophy, [10].
that of the schools unintelligible, [11].
distinction between that of life and that of the schools, [11].
intelligibility of the former, [12].
right use of method, [13].
mathematical formulæ inappropriate, [14].
unity of its thoughts, [15].
modern French systems, [17].
modern German, [19].
French physical science, [22].
natural German philosophy superior to the French, [22].
the false starting-point contrasted with the true center, [22].
dialogue its natural form, [68].
improperly confined to a school, [69].
that of life can not be a mere science of reason, [185].
free to use any form or method, [186].
that of life a science of man, [187].
differs from theology, [188].
the relation of truth and science to it, [232].
of the Greeks, rise and decline of, [234].
Ionian schools not materialistic, [240].
religious tendency of Pythagorean and Plato, [240].
the Sophists—Aristotle, [243].
the Stoics and Epicureans, [244].
of the Christians—see Christianity.
of life, its symbolical nature and constitution, [256].
true method of, [343].
use of scholastic or mathematical forms, [345].
use and abuse of system, [346].
the crown of education, [348].
conversant with life, [350].
deals chiefly with facts, [428].
from natural science, [467].
method of multiform, [470].
its true method conversational, [472].
two sources of error in, [522].
Physiology of man, [76].
Planets, seven the traditionary number, [85].
Plato, his ideal unfeasible, [8].
trinity of, [202].
religious tendency of, [240].
Poetry embraces music, poetry, and architecture, [261].
a feeling of the infinite, [414].
spurious, [461].
philosophical, [516].
Power, absolute, considered, [175].
Preadamite world, a paradise for angels, [125].
Pre-existence, doctrine of, [137].
Prerogative, all of supreme power judicial, [278].
Pride, its character, [33].
Priests, the vicegerents of God, [171].
their power, [273].
sanctity of, [274].
Christian, not hereditary, [307].
Principle, doctrine of a good and evil, [528].
Prophets, the, kept alive the Jewish theocracy, [326].
Public opinion, [165].
Punishments, eternal, [133].
Pythagoreans, their system of astronomy, [85].
their religious tendency, [240].
their noble political views, [242].
their theory of numbers, [462].
R
Rationalism, idolatry of, [221].
as fatal to truth as pantheism, [226].
more to be feared at present, [227].
danger of, [454].
Reason, a division of the soul apart from fancy, [29].
its essence, [50].
relationship of the faculties of the soul to it, [50].
its power and value, [53].
derivation of the German name, [54].
distinction between, and understanding, [55].
not properly attributable to God, [63].
faith not a negative limitation of, [214].
reason and fancy the ultimate sources of error, [221].
seldom harmonizes with fancy, [361].
not attributable to God, [370].
discursive, not creative, [507].
use and abuse of, [509].
Reformation, the English, [299].
Religion, its symbolism, [264].
in its essence symbolical, [266].
Religious error, two forms of, [176].
Representative governments, [280].
Republics, their liability to adverse changes, [284].
disadvantages of their polity, [285].
Revelation, power to understand it the gift of God, [61].
its fourfold character, [65].
of Scripture, [65].
an ante-Mosaic revelation, [66].
the soul its receptive organ, [68].
its first step preparatory, [143].
gradual, [144].
that of Christianity, [147].
unwritten to the antediluvian world, [235].
both old and new in its doctrine, [323].
sources of, manifold, [503].
Roman Empire, law of, [293].
compared with the Mohammedan, [297].
S
Skepticism, the author of it, [528].
Scepter, the, a judicial symbol, [279].
Schelling, his philosophy, [20].
Schools, philosophy of, unintelligible, [11].
their compared with that of life, [11].
philosophy improperly confined to them, [69].
disputations of the schoolmen, [248].
Science, physical, no system of, in the Bible, [71].
its imperfect character, [73].
of nature, medicine a basis of, [78].
modern, its atheistical tendency, [155].
dissension between science and faith, [193].
discernment the link between, and faith, [195].
reconcilable with faith, [198].
supreme, the mind the principle of, [215].
idolatry of, [216].
its identity with faith, [217].
its pantheism, [220].
its relation to life, [232].
that of Christianity—see Christianity.
a great power for good, [315].
free development of, [317].
a real power for good, [319].
theocracy of, [329].
illustrations of, [330].
to be brought about only by God, [333].
the idea of, [488].
Scripture not the original revelation, [66].
contains no system of physical science, [71].
considered as the sword of the Spirit, [230].
Sculpture, its symbolical character, [257].
its alliance to architecture, [260].
Self, sacrifice of, brings us near to God, [109].
how far necessary, [110].
Senses, their triple character, [31], [431].
influence of fancy on, [31].
the external, [430].
higher sensuality, its character, [33].
developments of, [432].
Sleep an essential law of nature, [89].
Soul, the thinking, the center of thought, [23].
the center of moral life, [28].
its unconscious conceptions, [29].
divided between the abstracting and classifying reason and the inventive fancy, [29].
its four principal branches, [30].
the loving, the center of moral life, [41].
its share in knowledge, [48].
furnishes the cognitive mind with language, [48].
its faculties in relationship to the reason, [50].
the receptive organ of revelation, [68].
considered in relation to nature, [70].
considered in relation to God, [95].
of animals, [121].
its migration among the stars, [138].
the principle of faith, [213].
faith its firmament, [217].
the mutual dependence of it with thought, [365].
its identity with spirit, [367].
its union with the spirit, [442].
the idea of God must maintain it, [443].
see Mind.
Speech the outward projection of thought, [379].
varied by moral diversities, [392].
Spinosa, system of, [481].
its influence, [484].
Spirits besides those of men, [24].
the higher, incorporeal, [25].
contain the essence of mind, [103].
Spirits, influence of evil, on nature, [124].
created, without freedom, [134].
immortal ones with animal forms, [135].
Scriptures the sword of the Spirit, [230].
see Soul.
Stars, migration of the soul among, [138].
State, the, its collision with the Church, [299], [304].
separation of, [306].
Stoics, the, [244].
Subjective, the, the principle of mythology, [218].
Superstition, its identity with infidelity, [211].
Symbols, nature best described by, [140].
characterize all art, [257].
characterize education, [262].
characterizes man’s nature, [263].
those of religion, [264].
their equation of life, [269].
those of the judicial, [279].
System, use and abuse of, [346].
consistency of idea, the essence of, [347].
T
Talmud, trinity of, [204].
Teutons, their affinity to the Indians, [307].
Theocracy, the true idea of, [320].
the Jewish, [321].
Moses, as founder of, [321].
revelation both old and new in its doctrine, [323].
the Judges, as ministers of, [324].
kept alive by the Prophets, [326].
false notions of, [327].
exists in overruling Providence, [327].
that of science, [329].
illustrations of, from Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Hindoo literature, [331].
illustrations of, from Old and New Testament and Christian literature, [332].
only to be brought about by God, [333].
Theodicée, its perplexities, [120].
Theology, difference of philosophy of life from, [188].
natural, [192].
in method must be rational, [510].
Thought, the mutual dependence of it with feeling, [365].
speech its outward projection, [379].
an inward speech or dialogue, [380].
dialogue the true form assumed by, [381].
innate ideas and forms of, [399].
pure, its character, [461].
Throne, the, a judicial symbol, [279].
Time, [401].
its twofold character, [403].
not excluded from the idea of God, [404].
not irreconcilable with eternity, [405].
Trinity, the, of God, [197].
of the Hindoos, [202].
of the Platonists, [202].
of the Talmud, [204].
Truth, man’s general sense for, [144].
final manifestation of, [152].
intermediate conflict of, with error, [153].
falsehood to be fought with its own weapons, [156].
a struggle for truth the conflict of the age, [158].
untruth the spirit of the age, [159].
call for union among the friends of, [160].
final triumph of, [161].
patience essential to the pursuit of, [199].
the twofold spirit of truth and error, [206].
struggle between, and error, [207].
pantheism and rationalism alike fatal to it, [226].
not established by refutation of error, [229].
right method of propagating it, [229].
its relation to life, [232].
consistency the criterion of, [252].
progress of, [467].
knowledge of possible, [490].
development of, slow and gradual, [534].
U
Understanding, the, considered apart from reason, [55].
the only proper organ for acquiring a knowledge of God, [57].
a co-operating cause in the formation and diffusion of error, [223].
may be predicated of God, [371].
Unity, means of restoration to, [193].
yearnings of the mind after, [377].
W
Westphalia, peace of, a master-stroke of policy, 1[83]
Will, its concurrence in faith a co-operating cause in the formation and diffusion of error, [223].
freedom of, [373].
in man and angels, [374].
manifested in doubt, [375].
Wisdom, created, [495].
Wit, origin and forms of, [447].
Women, the soul pre-eminent in their mental constitution, [46].
World, the preadamite, a paradise for angels, [125].
antediluvian, mental state of, [233].
unwritten revelations to it, [235].
conceptions of the antediluvian inadequate, [236].
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