CONTENTS 



ESSAY PAGE 



I. THE ETHICAL BASIS OF METAPHYSICS . . i 



II. USELESS KNOWLEDGE . . . .18 



III. TRUTH . . . 44 



IV. LOTZE S MONISM .... 62 



V. NON- EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY AND THE KANTIAN 



A PRIORI . ... 85 



VI. THE METAPHYSICS OF THE TIME-PROCESS. . 95 



VII. REALITY AND IDEALISM . . . .no 



VIII. DARWINISM AND DESIGN . . . .128 



IX. THE PLACE OF PESSIMISM IN PHILOSOPHY . 157 



X. CONCERNING MEPHISTOPHELES . . .166 



XI. ON PRESERVING APPEARANCES . . .183 



XII. ACTIVITY AND SUBSTANCE . . . 204 



XIII. THE DESIRE FOR IMMORTALITY . . . 228 



XIV. THE ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF IMMORTALITY . 250 



XV. PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 



OF A FUTURE LIFE . . 266 



