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LECTURE VIII. 



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THE FACT OF BEAUTY 259 



1. A Synoptic View of Animate Nature Must Include the 

 Fact of the Pervasiveness of Beauty, 251) 2. General Char- 

 acteristics of the Esthetic Emotion, 260 3. Beauty a 

 General Quality of Animate Nature, 261 4. Theoretical 

 Objections to the Thesis, 261 5. Concrete Objections, 265 

 6. Factors in ^Esthetic Delight, 267 7. Aspects of 

 Beauty in Animate Nature, 271 8. Biological Significance 

 of Beauty to the Beautiful Animals themselves, 275 9. 

 Beauty of Animal Artifice, 278 10. Evolution of ^Esthetic 

 Emotion, 279 11. The Significance of the Pervasive Beauty 

 of Animate Nature, 282. 



LECTURE IX. 



THE ISSUES OF LIFE 289 



1. The Tactics of Animate Nature, 289 2. The Twofold 

 Business of Life, 291 3. The Struggle for Existence, 293 

 4. Correction of Some Misconceptions of the Struggle for 

 Existence, 301 5. The Welfare of the- Species, 305 6. 

 As regards Warfare, 308. 



LECTURE J. 



ADAPTIVENESS AND PURPOSIVENESS 319 



1. Animate Nature Abounds in Adaptations, 319 2 Their 

 Origin neither by Design nor Mechanical, 325 3. Is 

 There 'Purpose' in the Inorganic Domain?, 330 4. 

 Purposeful ness and Purposiveness in Human Behaviour, 331 

 5. Purposiveness and Purposeful ness in Animal Behaviour, 

 335 6. The Purposelikeness of the Ordinary Functioning 

 of the Body is Covered by the Concept of Adaptation, 341 

 7. Provisional Conclusion and Anticipation, 343. 



