TABLE OF CONTENTS xv 



BOOK III 



THE SEX INSTINCT 

 CHAPTER VIII 



PAGE 



SEX AND THE INDIVIDUAL 182 



Sexual reproduction in general. Fertilization of the 

 egg and development of the embryo. The sexual instinct 

 and its abuses. Sexual morality. Prostitution. The 

 duty of reproduction and its responsibilities. 



CHAPTER IX 



SEX AND SOCIAL RELATIONS 207 



Social relations of male and female. Aspects of the 

 marriage relation. Polygamy and monogamy. Mar- 

 riage and divorce. Relation of parents and children. 

 The regulation of reproduction. Social betterment and 

 the control of population. 



CHAPTER X 

 THE MALE AND THE FEMALE MIND 235 



The psychological relations of men and women. Sex 

 and cerebral organization. The family relation. Im- 

 agination and the will. Creative activity. Courtship 

 and marriage. 



BOOK IV 



THE FUNDAMENTAL INSTINCTS IN THEIR 

 EELATION TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 



CHAPTER XI 



THE ARTS AND RELIGION 252 



Introduction. Art and the nervous mechanism. Danc- 

 ing and the muscular sense. Painting, sculpture, archi- 

 tecture, music. Literature and drama. The arts as 

 products of a fusion of the self -preservative and the 

 sexual instincts. Religion. 



