Chapter I: The Main Thesis 110

(a) The Ascent to the Main Thesis 110
1. Man as a Being of Nature 110
2. The Growth of Man beyond Nature 113
3. The Inner Contradiction of the New Life 134
(b) The Development of the Main Thesis 144
1. The Main Thesis and the Possibility of a New
System of Life 144
(a) _The Development of the Spiritual Life to
Independence_ 144
(b) _The Demands of a New System of Life_ 150
(c) _The Spiritual Basis of the System of Life_ 152
(d) _Human Existence_ 161
(e) _Results and Prospects_ 166
2. The Transformation and the Elevation of Human
Life 168
(a) _Aims and Ways_ 168
(b) _The Nature of Freedom_ 174
(c) _The Beginnings of the Independent Spiritual
Life_ 183
(d) _The Transcending of Division_ 187
i. _The Spiritual Conception of History_ 188
ii. _The Spiritual Conception of Society_ 196
(e) _The Elevation of Life above Division_ 201

II. THE MORE DETAILED FORM OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE 216
(a) The Problem of Truth and Reality 216
(b) Man and the World 226
(c) The Movement of the Spiritual Life in Man 233
(d) The Emergence of a New Type of Life 240
1. _Life's Attainment of Greatness_ 240
2. _The Increase of Movement_ 247
3. _The Gain of Stability_ 251
(e) Activism, a Profession of Faith 255

III. THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IN MAN IN CONFLICT AND IN VICTORY 262
(a) Doubt and Prostration 262
(b) Consideration and Demand 267
(c) The Victory 273

III. APPLICATION TO THE PRESENT: CONSEQUENCES AND REQUIREMENTS 287

_Introductory Considerations_ 289
I. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORM OF LIFE AS A WHOLE 298
(a) The Character of Culture 298
(b) The Organisation of the Work of Culture 315

II. THE FORM OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS 322
_Preliminary Remarks_ 322
(a) Religion, Morality, Education 324
1. Religion 324
2. Morality 335
3. Education and Instruction 343
(b) Science and Philosophy 345
(c) Art and Literature 354
(d) Social and Political Life 358
(e) The Life of the Individual 369