Contents 



MM 

 2. ITS EVOLUTION IS ONLY THE ACQUISITION 



OF CONSCIOUSNESS 275 



3. EVOLUTIONARY LAWS THE SUCCESSION 



OF SPECIES THE FINALITY ACQUIRED 276 



CHAPTER II EXPLANATION OF THE EVOLUTIONARY 



DIFFICULTIES 284 



PART III 



The Consequences : Optimism or Pessimism ? 



CHAPTER I REFUTATION OF THE PESSIMIST VIEW OF 



THE UNIVERSE BY THE TRANSITION FROM THE 

 UNCONSCIOUS TO THE CONSCIOUS 29! 



CHAPTER II REALISATION OF THE SOVEREIGN CON- 

 SCIOUSNESS 299 



CHAPTER III REALISATION OF THE SOVEREIGN 



JUSTICE 314 



CHAPTER IV REALISATION OF THE SOVEREIGN GOOD 319 



CONCLUSION 323 



APPENDIX 328 



ILLUSTRATIONS 329 



