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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 lieauty, 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 — § \). 

 Beauty of Animal Artifice, 278— § 10. Evolution of Tl^sthetic 

 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. Tlie Welfare of the Species, 305— § 6. 

 As regards Warfare, 308. 



LECTURE S. 



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. 

 Purposefulncss and Purposiveness in Human Behaviour, 331 — 

 § 5. Purposiveness and Purposefulncss 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. 



