CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION. ELEMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE, . 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 MATTER AND ITS PROPERTIES, ... 40 



CHAPTER III. 



PHENOMENON AND NOUMENON. THE ATOM AS FIGURED IN IMAG- 

 INATION, .... 53 



CHAPTER IV. 

 TRUTH OF THE ATOM. PENETRABILITY OF MATTER, . . 65 



CHAPTER V. 



TRANSITION TO THE QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF MATTER THROUGH 

 INCREASE IN QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS, . .71 



CHAPTER VI. 



DEFINITE QUANTITATIVE RELATIONS IN MATTER, . . 80 



CHAPTER VII. 



As TO CONTINUITY AND DISCRETENESS OF QUANTITY IN MATTER, 83 



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