CONTENTS

THE THEORY OF FREEDOM

I Conscious Human Action

II Why the Desire for Knowledge Is Fundamental

III Thought as the Instrument of Knowledge

IV The World as Percept

V Our Knowledge of the World

VI Human Individuality

VII Are There Limits to Knowledge?

THE REALITY OF FREEDOM

VIII The Factors of Life

IX The Idea of Freedom

X Monism and the Philosophy of Spiritual Activity

XI World-Purpose and Life-Purpose (The Destiny of Man)

XII Moral Imagination (Darwin and Morality)

XIII The Value of Life (Optimism and Pessimism)

XIV The Individual and the Genus

ULTIMATE QUESTIONS

XV The Consequences of Monism

TRUTH AND SCIENCE

I Preliminary Observations

II The Fundamental Problem of Kant's Theory of Knowledge

III Theory of Knowledge Since Kant

IV The Starting-Points of the Theory of Knowledge

V Knowledge and Reality

VI Theory of Knowledge Without Presuppositions Versus Fichte's Theory of Science

VII Concluding Remarks: Epistemological

VIII Concluding Remarks: Practical