Chapter D

Death, final emancipation of nature from, 93.
destruction of, 340.

Deluge, the, how to be considered, 218.

Despotism, 290.
the natural result of anarchy, 291.

Dialogue the natural form of philosophy, 68.
the true form assumed by all living thought, 381.

Discernment the link between faith and science, 195.

Divine--see _God_.

Doubt, a necessary condition of man’s mind, 426.
essential to man, 526.
the passage from ignorance to knowledge, 527.
absolute, a source of error, 530.
true, and limited, indispensable to advance of knowledge, 531.

Dreams, their character, 29.

E

Earth, man’s affinity to, 81.

Education, its symbolical character, 262.
philosophy the crown of, 348.

English, the Reformation among, 299.
their constitution, 303.
Church and State. 304.

Enthusiasm springs from love, 37.
the origin of patriotism, 38.
its longing for the eternal and divine, 38, 421, 479.

Epicureans, the, 244.

Error, rapid growth of, 60.
four sources of, 105.
intermediate conflict of, with truth, 153.
religious, two forms of, 176.
twofold spirit of truth and error, 206.
struggle between, 207.
reason and fancy the ultimate sources of, 221.
understanding and will co-operating
causes in its formation and diffusion, 223.
truth not established by its refutation, 229.
controversy with, begets it, 314.
knowledge of, 489.
co-ordinate with knowledge, 506.
two sources of, in philosophy, 522.
subjective, 523.
absolute doubt a source of, 530.

Eternal punishments, 133.
the unquenchable fire, 134.

Eternity, 401.
not reconcilable with time, 405.
of the world, 406.

Europe, peace of, based on Christian justice, 311.

Evil, moral, a result of man’s freedom, 130.
physical, a means of purification, 131.
influence of, in nature, 338.

F

Faith, man’s, not sufficiently childlike, 112.
can restore unity to the mind, 113.
its dissension between faith and science, 193.
discernment the link between them, 196.
reconcilable with science, 199.
choice between that and infidelity, 210.
not a negative limitation of reason, 214.
its identity with supreme science, 216.
the soul’s firmament, 218.
communion its highest symbol, 267.
genuine and spurious, 453.
true and false faith, 476.
universal, 486.
in relation to time, 498.
its relation to knowledge, 499.
knowledge impossible without it, 500.

Fall, the, physical consequences of, 92.
discord of the mind one of its consequences, 98.

Falsehood to be fought with its own weapons, 156.
trifling with oaths, 159.
the present spirit of the age, 159.

Fancy, man’s distinctive property, 25.
a division of the soul apart from reason, 30.
its influence on the sense, 31.
on the passions, 32.
its influence on the nobler feelings, 35.
on love and marriage, 37.
on enthusiasm, 37.
on all man’s emotions, 40.
the poetical, 40.
its powers, 75.
fancy and reason the ultimate sources of error, 221.
seldom harmonizes with reason, 361.
not attributable to God, 370.

Feeling, the center of consciousness, 473.
its spurious and genuine manifestations, 474.
a source of revelation, 518.

Fichte, his philosophy, 19.

Final causes, doctrine of, 125.
of creation intelligible, 127.

Freedom, man’s, 128.
moral evil a result of it, 130.
created spirits without it, 134.
of philosophy, 186.

French, their modern philosophy, 17.
its atheism, 18.
its fatal results, 18.
their advancement in physical science, 22.

G

Generation, spontaneous, creatures of, 122.

Genius, worship of, 455.

Geology, analogy of philology to, 388.
must maintain the union of soul and spirit, 443.

Germans, their philosophy, 19.
Kant, 19.
Jacobi, Fichte, 19.
Schelling, 20.
Hegel, 21.
its superiority to the French, 22.
its old Christian empire, 288.
its customary law, 294.
confederation of states, 308, 312.

Gnostics, the, 246.

God, his attributes, 55.
figurative language as applied to Him, 56.
His divine nature unappreciated by reason, 57.
the understanding the only proper organ for acquiring
a knowledge of Him, 58.
limitation of His justice and mercy, 60.
knowledge of Him a science of experience, 61.
His revelation to man, 65.
knowledge of, illimitable, 73.
condescension of the divine essence, 108.
self-denial bringing us near Him, 109.
the author and preserver of nature’s laws, 117.
His divine nature not subject to necessity, 129.
His divine wisdom manifested in the realm of truth, 141.
His divine order in the history of the world and relations of States, 162.
the source of justice and authority, 168.
kings His vicegerents, 169.
priests, 171.
His temporal judgments on the world, 178.
the Greeks His second chosen people, 180.
His being not a matter of reasoning, 190.
can alone bring about the theory of science, 334.
restoration of His image in man, 337.
the mind’s consummation in Him, 366.
understanding may be predicated of Him, 371.
can not be said to have a soul, 372.
the idea of, the only idea, 445.
unintelligible without love, 446.

Greeks, their philosophers, different cosmogonies of, 8.
a second chosen people of God, 180.
rise and decline of their philosophy, 239.
their logic, 254.

H

Heathenism a corruption of a purer Gentilism, 234.

Hegel, his philosophy, 21.

Hieroglyphics, illustrated symbolism of life, 270.

Hindoos, their trinity, character of, 202.
their logic, 254.

History, a prelude of the final judgment, 172.
a rehearsal of the first temptation, 173.
ancient, its results, 291.

Honor apart from pride, 35.

Hope, the vital flame of faith and love, 114, 420.
universal, 486.
in relation to time, 498.