CONTENTS

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[CHAPTER I]
The Epicurean Pursuit of Pleasure
I.Selections from the Epicurean Scriptures[1]
II.The Epicurean View of Work and Play[20]
III.The Epicurean Price of Happiness[29]
IV.The Defects of Epicureanism[36]
V.An Example of Epicurean Character[46]
VI.The Confessions of an Epicurean Heretic[53]
[CHAPTER II]
Stoic Self-control by Law
I.The Psychological Law of Apperception[66]
II.Selections from the Stoic Scriptures[71]
III.The Stoic Reverence for Universal Law[82]
IV.The Stoic Solution of the Problem of Evil[87]
V.The Stoic Paradoxes[90]
VI.The Religious Aspect of Stoicism[95]
VII.The Permanent Value of Stoicism[101]
VIII.The Defects of Stoicism[106]
[CHAPTER III]
The Platonic Subordination of Lower to Higher
I.The Nature of Virtue[110]
II.Righteousness writ Large[116]
III.The Cardinal Virtues[123]
IV.Plato's Scheme of Education[131]
V.Righteousness the Comprehensive Virtue[138]
VI.The Stages of Degeneration[143]
VII.The Intrinsic Superiority of Righteousness[153]
VIII.Truth and Error in Platonism[159]
[CHAPTER IV]
The Aristotelian Sense of Proportion
I.Aristotle's Objections to Previous Systems[169]
II.The Social Nature of Man[176]
III.Right and Wrong determined by the End[179]
IV.The Need of Instruments[191]
V.The Happy Mean[194]
VI.The Aristotelian Virtues and their Acquisition[199]
VII.Aristotelian Friendship[209]
VIII.Criticism and Summary of Aristotle's Teaching[212]
[CHAPTER V]
The Christian Spirit of Love
I.The Teaching of Love[215]
II.The Fulfilment of Law through Love[219]
III.The Counterfeits of Love[239]
IV.The Whole-heartedness of Love[247]
V.The Cultivation of Love[257]
VI.The Blessedness of Love[264]
VII.The Supremacy of Love[277]
[INDEX][293]

THE FIVE GREAT PHILOSOPHIES
OF LIFE

CHAPTER I

THE EPICUREAN PURSUIT OF PLEASURE