Humanism, philosophical essays

By

Schiller, F. C. S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott), 1864-1937

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Macmillan, 1912

Edition

Ed.2, enl.

Notes

Contents: 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.

Subjects

1724-1804 , 1749-1832 , 1817-1881 , 20th century , Devil , Evolution , Faust , Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, , Humanism , Immortality , Kant, Immanuel, , Lotze, Hermann, , Pessimism , Philosophy, English , Truth

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19014
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51426946