FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF ST. CATHARINE’S COLLEGE, AND BURNEY STUDENT,
CAMBRIDGE, AND MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JENA
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1912
First published December 1911
Second and Revised Edition, February 1912
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTORY NOTE | vii |
| AUTHOR’S PREFACE | xxi |
| I. INTRODUCTORY: THE PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE IN THE PRESENT DAY | [1] |
| PRELIMINARY REMARKS | [3] |
| I. Statement and Criticism of individual Systems of Life | [6] |
| (a) The Older Systems | [6] |
| 1. The Religious System | [6] |
| 2. The System of Immanent Idealism | [15] |
| (b) The Newer Systems | [22] |
| 1. The Naturalistic System | [24] |
| 2. The Socialistic System | [41] |
| 3. The System of Æsthetic Individualism | [61] |
| II. Consideration of the Situation as a Whole, and Preliminaries for Further Investigation | [81] |
| (a) The Nature of the New as a Whole and its Relation to the Old | [81] |
| (b) The Condition of the Present | [86] |
| (c) The Form of the Problem | [92] |
| II. THE OUTLINE OF A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE | [99] |
| INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND CONSIDERATIONS | [101] |
| I. The Main Thesis | [110] |
| (a) The Ascent to the Main Thesis | [110] |
| 1. Man as a Being of Nature | [110] |
| 2. The Growth of Man beyond Nature | [113] |
| 3. The Inner Contradiction of the New Life | [134] |
| (b) The Development of the Main Thesis | [144] |
| 1. The Main Thesis and the Possibility of a New System of Life | [144] |
| (a) The Development of the Spiritual Life to Independence | [144] |
| (b) The Demands of a New System of Life | [150] |
| (c) The Spiritual Basis of the System of Life | [152] |
| (d) Human Existence | [161] |
| (e) Results and Prospects | [166] |
| 2. The Transformation and the Elevation of Human Life | [168] |
| (a) Aims and Ways | [168] |
| (b) The Nature of Freedom | [174] |
| (c) The Beginnings of the Independent Spiritual Life | [183] |
| (d) The Transcending of Division | [187] |
| i. The Spiritual Conception of History | [188] |
| ii. The Spiritual Conception of Society | [196] |
| (e) The Elevation of Life above Division | [201] |
| II. The More Detailed Form of our Spiritual Life | [216] |
| (a) The Problem of Truth and Reality | [216] |
| (b) Man and the World | [226] |
| (c) The Movement of the Spiritual Life in Man | [233] |
| (d) The Emergence of a New Type of Life | [240] |
| 1. Life’s Attainment of Greatness | [240] |
| 2. The Increase of Movement | [247] |
| 3. The Gain of Stability | [251] |
| (e) Activism, a Profession of Faith | [255] |
| III. The Spiritual Life in Man in Conflict and in Victory | [262] |
| (a) Doubt and Prostration | [262] |
| (b) Consideration and Demand | [267] |
| (c) The Victory | [273] |
| III. APPLICATION TO THE PRESENT: CONSEQUENCES AND REQUIREMENTS | [287] |
| Introductory Considerations | [289] |
| I. Requirements for the Form of Life as a Whole | [298] |
| (a) The Character of Culture | [298] |
| (b) The Organisation of the Work of Culture | [315] |
| II. The Form of the Individual Departments | [322] |
| Preliminary Remarks | [322] |
| (a) Religion, Morality, Education | [324] |
| 1. Religion | [324] |
| 2. Morality | [335] |
| 3. Education and Instruction | [343] |
| (b) Science and Philosophy | [345] |
| (c) Art and Literature | [354] |
| (d) Social and Political Life | [358] |
| (e) The Life of the Individual | [369] |
| CONCLUSION | [373] |
| INDEX | [375] |