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 



(y/THE PLACE OF PESSIMISM IN PHILOSOPHY . 157 



J CONCERNING MEPHISTOPHELES . . .166 



XI. ON PRESERVING APPEARANCES . . .183 



XII. ACTIVITY AND SUBSTANCE . . . 204 



XIII. HUMISM AND HUMANISM. . . . 228 



XIV. SOLIPSISM ...... 249 



XV. INFALLIBILITY AND TOLERATION . . . 268 



XVI. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY . . . 283 



XVII. THE DESIRE FOR IMMORTALITY . . .313 



.. XVIII. THE ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF IMMORTALITY . 335 

 XIX. PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 



OF A FUTURE LIFE . . . - 35 1 



INDEX .... 375 



