CONTENTS 



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I THE PRESENT EVOLUTIONARY CONFUSION . 23 



I The change in unit 23 



II Differentiation but half the process 



of organic development . . .25 

 III The failure of evolution to cope 



with ethical truths . . . .27 

 IV Involution necessitated by evolution; 



both essential to a world synthesis 28 



II THE EVOLUTIONARY RHYTHM . . . .41 

 I The biological evidence .... 41 

 II Individual development contingent 



upon Involution 46 



III THE LIFE-SPIRAL 59 



I The possibility of an hierarchal se- 

 ries of entities as the result of the 

 compounding of consciousness . 59 

 II The relation between such a concep- 

 tion and the Aristotelian circle . 61 



IV THE WAR JUSTIFIED BY THE EVOLUTIONARY 



RHYTHM 73 



I The state regarded as a super-entity 73 

 II The Great War an evidence of the 



triumph of Christianity ... 76 



V THE INVOLUTIONARY ASCENT 93 



I The line of progress 93 



II The factors of Involution ... 97 



III The changing moral order ... 99 



