faiths is logically absurd, for they make their objects true, 56.
Conclusion, 6l.

THE SENTIMENT OF RATIONALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Rationality means fluent thinking, 63. Simplification, 65.
Clearness, 66. Their antagonism, 66. Inadequacy of the
abstract, 68. The thought of nonentity, 71. Mysticism, 74. Pure
theory cannot banish wonder, 75. The passage to practice may
restore the feeling of rationality, 75. Familiarity and
expectancy, 76. 'Substance,' 80. A rational world must appear

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congruous with our powers, 82. But these differ from man to
man, 88. Faith is one of them, 90. Inseparable from doubt, 95.
May verify itself, 96. Its role in ethics, 98. Optimism and
pessimism, 101. Is this a moral universe?--what does the problem
mean? 103. Anaesthesia _versus_ energy, 107. Active assumption
necessary, 107. Conclusion, 110.

REFLEX ACTION AND THEISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Prestige of Physiology, 112. Plan of neural action, 113. God
the mind's adequate object, 116. Contrast between world as
perceived and as conceived, 118. God, 120. The mind's three
departments, 123. Science due to a subjective demand, 129.
Theism a mean between two extremes, 134. Gnosticism, 137.
No intellection except for practical ends, 140. Conclusion, 142.

THE DILEMMA OF DETERMINISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Philosophies seek a rational world, 146. Determinism and
Indeterminism defined, 149. Both are postulates of rationality,
152. Objections to chance considered, 153. Determinism
involves pessimism, 159. Escape _via_ Subjectivism, 164.
Subjectivism leads to corruption, 170. A world with chance in
it is morally the less irrational alternative, 176. Chance not
incompatible with an ultimate Providence, 180.

THE MORAL PHILOSOPHER AND THE MORAL LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

The moral philosopher postulates a unified system, 185.
Origin of moral judgments, 185. Goods and ills are created by
judgment?, 189. Obligations are created by demands, 192. The
conflict of ideals, 198. Its solution, 205. Impossibility of an
abstract system of Ethics, 208. The easy-going and the
strenuous mood, 211. Connection between Ethics and Religion, 212.

GREAT MEN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Solidarity of causes in the world, 216. The hu