CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. The nature of Philosophy considered. Why it must be founded in the Universal Laws of Being Its failure for the want of this foundation. Why Philosophy must take its departure from the Church Why the development of Philosophy is confined to the Caucasian race Why the Indian and Ethiopian races are excluded Why the Malay and Mongolian races are excluded Description of the Hindoo Nation as the highest of the Malay race. Statement of the ground upon which three spheres of philosophical develop- ment, related as Ontological, Psychological, and Eclectical, are demanded. 11 This demand responded to, according to the history of Philosophy, as follows: Eclectical development of Philosophy by the Hebrews in the form of Reli- Development of Philosophy as Material Ontology by the Ionians in the Development of Philosophy as Spiritual Ontology by the Ionians in the dy- namical systems of Anaximenes, Diogenes of Appolonia, and Heraclitus. 24 Why both internal and external schools are demanded in this sphere .. 28 PAGE. Description of the Italic School founded by Pythagoras as a more internal Description of the Eleatic School founded by Xenophanes as a more internal Development of this Philosophy by Parmenides and Zeno . Description of the difference between the Ontological and Psychological forms Preparation by the Sophists for a psychological development of Philosophy. 32 The nature of Psychology considered, showing why it must be realized in Intellectual and Moral forms, each being antagonized as Internal and Development of Moral Philosophy in its internal form by Antisthenes Development of Moral Philosophy in its external form by Aristippus The antagonism between these forms described Development of Intellectual Philosophy in its internal form by Plato, and in its external form by Aristotle The antagonism between these forms described The destruction of these schools by Stoicism and Epicureanism Departure of Philosophy from Religion in Christian Europe Establishment by Lord Bacon of the modern Psychological Method Development of Moral Philosophy in its internal form by Hobbes, and in its The antagonism between these forms described Development of Intellectual Philosophy in its internal form by Descartes, and in its external form by Locke. The theories of Spinoza and Malebranche, the disciples of Descartes Completion of the philosophical development Why Philosophy has not been realized as legitimate Science The destruction of Philosophy by the establishment of Materialism, under the name of "Positive Philosophy," by Auguste Comte Why the subsistence of an Opposite to the Infinite is necessitated Conception of the realization of Definite Absolute Individuality The realization of Spiritual Consciousness in an Absolute Sphere AND THE NATURE OF PHENOMENAL SUBSTANCE WHICH FURNISHES TO GOD The manner in which these Phenomenal Laws come into the consciousness The nature of Infinite and Finite Phenomenal Substances The manner in which these are combined in Creation. The nature of Creation, and its relation to Absolute Causes The nature of the Soul as Created Existence . The nature of Human Substance as the Sphere of Phenomenal Life . The necessity for recognizing a Phenomenal Sphere of Subsistence Comparison of this statement with the theories of Philosophy. THE LAW OF UNITY. The destructive character of its natural representatives considered " Unitarianism and Transcendentalism Division of Unitarianism into Pantheism and Naturalism. Pantheism into Spiritualism and Materialism How this is represented in Philosophy, Society, and the Church St. Augustine, and other psychlogical conceptions, described. 139 the German Eclectics described Böhme and Swedenborg described Conception of these through the application of the Law of Tri-Personality. 151 Importance of Analogy as a Philosophical Form. Definition of Correspondence, and division into three spheres PAGE. Those which arise in the natural consciousness and previous experience in the fact of Opposition in Creation in the unreal character of the Natural . in its development under the law of Contrariety Spiritual Marriage in Absolute and Divine-Human Spheres of Being Necessity for the representation of Marriage in the Natural, as the condition The Supernatural manifestations of the Human Constitution considered. The Institution of Matrimony as a representative of Marriage. The subjection of the Female to the Male principles necessary to all na- Representation of this fact by the Hebrews. The manner in which the Law of Tri-Personality, as the Universal Law of Correspondence, is to be applied in classifying and analyzing the forms, Construction of the Universe in Spiritual, Ethereal, and Material Spheres. 184 Conception of the principles of the Material Universe . How the Material Sphere illustrates the Laws of Correspondence. How the Ethereal Sphere illustrates the Laws of Correspondence. How divided into three spheres related as soul, body, and spirit The Indian and Ethiopian races contrasted as representing internal and external principles in the most external sphere. Description of the Ethiopian race as the representative of Affectionalism. 196 |