The Story of Philosophy/ the Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers Durant,Will

CHAPTER I
PLATO
I. The Context of Plato
II. Socrates
III. The Preparation of Plato
IV. The Ethical Problem
V. The Political Problem
VI. The Psychological Problem
VII. The Psychological Solution
Vlll. The Political Solution
IX. The Ethical Solution
X. Criticism
CHAPTER 2
ARISTOTLE AND GREEK SCIENCE
I. The Historical Background
II. The Work of Aristotle
III. The Foundation of Logic • -
IV. The Organisation of Science
1. Greek Science before Aristotle
2. Aristotle as a Naturalist
3. The Foundation of Biology
V. Metaphysics and the Nature of God
VI. Psychology and the Nature of Art
VII. Ethics and the Nature of Happiness
VIII. Politics
1. Communism and Conservatism
2. Marriage and Education
3. Democracy and Aristocracy
IX. Criticism
X. Later Life and Death
CHAPTER 3
FRANCIS BACON
I. From Aristotle to the Renaissance
11. The Political Career of Francis Bacon
III. The Essays
IV. The Great Reconstruction
1. The Advancement of Learning
2. The New Organon
3. The Utopia of Science
V. Criticism
VI. Epilogue
CHAPTER 4
SPINOZA
I. Historical and Biographical
1. The Odyssey of the Jews
2. The Education of Spinoza
3. Excommunication
4. Retirement and Death
II. The Treatise on Religion and the State
III. The Improvement of the Intellect
IV. The Ethics
1. Nature and God
2. Matter and Mind
3. Intelligence and Morals
4. Religion and Immortality
V. Tlie Political Treatise
VI. The Influence of Spinoza
CHAPTER 5
VOLTAIRE AND THE
FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT
I. Paris: CEdipe
II. London: Letters on the English
III. Cirey: The Romances
IV. Potsdam and Frederick
V. Les Delices: The Essay on Morals
VI. Ferney: Candide
VII. The Encyclopedia and the Philosophic
Dictionary
VIII. Ecrasez I'lnfame
IX. Voltaire and Rou-sseau
X. Denouement
CHAPTER 6
IMMANUEL KANT AND
GERMAN IDEALISM
I. Roads to Kant
1. From Voltaire to Kant
2. From Locke to Kant
3. From Rousseau to Kant
II. Kant Himself
III. The Critique of Pure Reason
1. Transcendental Esthetic
2. Transcendental Analytic
3. Transcendental Dialectic
IV. The Critique of Practical Reason
V. On Religion and Reason
VI. On Politics and Eternal Peace
VII. Criticism and Estimate
VIII. A Note on Hegel
CHAPTER 7
SCHOPENHAUER .
I. The Age
II. The Man
III. The World as Idea
IV. The World as Will
1. The Will to Live
2. The Will to Reproduce
V. The World as Evil
VI. The Wisdom of Life
1. Philosophy
2. Genius
3. Art
4. Religion
VII. The Wisdom of Death
VIII. Criticism
CHAPTER 8
HERBERT SPENCER
I. Comte and Darv/in
11. The Development of Spencer
III. First Principles
1. The Unknowable
2. Evolution
IV. Biology: The Evolution of Life
V. Psychology: The Evolution of Mind
VI. Sociology: The Evolution of Society
VII. Ethics: The Evolution of Morals
VIII. Criticism
1. First Principles
2. Biology and Psychology
3. Sociology and Ethics
IX. Conclusion
CHAPTER 9
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
I. The Lineage of Nietzsche
II. Youth
III. Nietzsche and Wagner
IV. The Song of Zarathustra
V. Hero-Morality
VI. The Superman
VII. Decadence
VIII. Aristocracy
IX. Criticism
X. Finale
CHAPTER lo
CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN
PHILOSOPHERS
I. Henri Bergson
1. The Revolt Against Materialism
2. Mind and Brain
3. Creative Evolution
4- Criticism
II. Benedetto Croce
1. The Man
2. The Philosophy of the Spirit
3. What Is Beauty?
4. Criticism
III. Bertrand Russell
1. The Logician
2. The Reformer
3. Epilogue
CHAPTER I I
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
PHILOSOPHERS
Introduction
I. George Santayana
1. Biographical
2. Scepticism and Animal Faith
3. Reason in Science
4. Reason in Religion
5. Reason in Society
6. Comment
II. William James
1. Personal
2. Pragmatism
3. Pluralism
4. Comment
III. John Devvey
1. Education
2. Instrumentalism
3. Science and Politics