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Chapter VI: Valuer and Valuation 73

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Factors determining valuation and arrangement of
the discussion.

(1) INSTINCT AND HEREDITY 73

Prof. Ward on heredity: Haeckel on instincts:
McDougall on instincts: imitation and morality:
demagogues and fanatics: geniuses and politicians:
maternal impressions: heredity versus environment:
conscience as an emotional and instinctive
organ, and conscience as a thinking and intellectual
organ: the force of cosmic suggestion on morality:
remorse.

(2) THE FACTOR OF EMOTION 86

Emotion defined: its manifestations: its control:
Ward on emotion: James on emotion: the aesthetic
emotions: Racine and the element of mystery in
Art: William Hazlitt on the worship of names:
emotional sensibility: aesthetic appreciation.

(3) JUDGMENT OF ENDS 96

The intellectual and critical processes: realization
of ends: recognition of Good: the norm of valuation.

(4) COSMIC SUGGESTION 99

Public opinion: emotional suggestions: individual
suggestibility: gregarious attraction: ecstatic
oratory: Rasputin: Mark Antony: propaganda:
the Press: Mr. Hilaire Belloc's views: the influence
of literature: the worship of symbols: Bergson's
definition of metaphysics: the necessary task of
religion: progress or decline: the highest form of
morality.

CONSCIENCE AND FANATICISM

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