Humanism; philosophical essays,

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Author / Creator:Schiller, F. C. S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott), 1864-1937.
Imprint:London, New York, MacMillan, 1903.
Description:xxvii, 297 pages 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1386178
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Online version: Schiller, F.C.S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott), 1864-1937. Humanism. London, New York, MacMillan, 1903
Table of Contents:
  • The ethical basis of metaphysics
  • 'Useless' knowledge
  • Truth
  • Lotze's monism
  • Non-Euclidian geometry and the Kantian a priori
  • The metaphysics of the time-process
  • Reality and 'idealism'
  • Darwinism and design
  • The place of pessimism in philosophy
  • Concerning Mephistopheles
  • On preserving appearances
  • Activity and substance
  • The desire for immortality
  • The ethical significance of immortality
  • Philosophy and the scientific investigation of a future life.