Naturalism and Religion

by Rudolf Otto

Edited with an Introduction by

The Rev. W. D. Morrison, LL.D.

Williams & Norgate Ltd.

38 Great Ormond Street, London, W.C.1

1907

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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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