viii CREATIVE EVOLUTION 



CHAPTER III 



ON THE MEANING OF LIFE THE ORDER OF NATURE 



AND THE FORM OF INTELLIGENCE 



PAG I 



Relation of the problem of&quot; life to the problem of knowledge The 

 method of philosophy Apparent vicious circle of the method 

 proposed Real vicious circle of the opposite method . . 196 



Simultaneous genesis of matter and intelligence Geometry in 

 herent in matter Geometrical tendency of the intellect 

 Geometry and deduction Geometry and induction Physical 

 laws ..... .210 



Sketch of a theory of knowledge based on the analysis of the idea 

 of Disorder Two opposed forms of order : the problem of 

 genera and the problem of laics The idea of &quot; disorder &quot; an 

 oscillation of the intellect between the two kinds of order . 232 



Creation and evolution Ideal genesis of matter The origin and 

 function of life The essential and the accidental in the vital 

 process and in the evolutionary movement Mankind The 

 life of the body and the life of the spirit . . 249 



CHAPTER IV 



THE ClNEMATOGRAPHICAI, MECHANISM OF THOUGHT AND THE 



MECHANISTIC ILLUSION A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF 

 SYSTEMS REAL BECOMING AND FALSE EVOLUTIONISM 



Sketch of a criticism of philosophical t-vstems, based on the analysis 

 of the idea of Immutability and of the idea of &quot; Nothing &quot;- 

 Relation of metaphysical problems to the idea of &quot;Nothing&quot; 

 Real meaning of this idea . . . 287 



Form and Becoming . .314 



The philosophy of Forms and its conception of Becoming Plato 



and Aristotle The natural trend of the intellect . . 331 



Becoming in modern science : two views of Time . . . 347 



The metaphysical interpretation of modern science : Descartes, 



Spinoza, Leibniz . . . 365 



The Criticism of Kant ...... 376 



The evolutionism of Spencer . . . 384 



INDEX 493 



