Humanism
Subtitle: philosophical essays.
Edition: Ed.2, enl.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1912
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.; Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.; Lotze, Hermann, 1817-1881.; Devil; Evolution; Immortality; Pessimism; Philosophy, English -- 20th century; Truth; Humanism
Table of contents: title: The ethical basis of metaphysics; 'Useless knowledge; Truth; Lotze's Monism; Non-Euclidean geometry and the Kantian a priori; The metaphysics of the time-process; Reality and "Idealism";  Darwinism and design; The place of pessimism in philosophy; Concerning Mephistopheles; On preserving appearances; Activity and substance; Humism and humanism; Solipsism; Infallibility and toleration; Freedom and responsibility; The desire for immortality; the ethical significance of immortality; Philosophy and the scientific investigation of a future life; Index.