Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion/Index
Absolute, the, i, 24, 66; as the One and as Power, ii. 140
Absolute religion, the, ii. 327; a positive religion, 336; a religion of freedom, 347
Adonis, myth of, ii. 85
Anaxagoras, ii. 55
Animals, worship of, i. 307; in Egypt, ii. 94, 112
Anselni, i. 21; ii. 353; iii. 159, 361
Antigone, the, ii. 264
Apologetics criticised, i. 152
Aristotle quoted, iii. 12, 29, 193, 320, 325, 349, 357, 361
Art, its origin and nature, i. 139; Egyptian, ii. 114 ff.; is religious, 114; in Greek religion, 273
Atonement, the, iii. 94
Authority, in religion, i. 224; in Christian Church, iii. 125
Beauty, religion of, ii. 224
Being, defined, i. 122; ii. 350; and God, iii. 203; as Nature, 223; various meanings of, 233
Being and Notion, ii. 350; iii. 355
Bible, the, in Protestant Church, i. 27; iii. 81; basis of Christian doctrine, ii. 341; its sublimity, ii. 188
Böhme, on the Trinity, ii. 32; on Only-begotten, 37
Brahma, ii. 11, 26; as thought, 31; has no temple. 42
Brahmans, the, ii. 38
Buddha, ii. 50
Buddhism, ii. 48; compared with Lamaism, 58
Catholic religion, the, i. 254; iii.
Cato, i. 326
Causa Sui, iii. 320
Causes, general and special, i. 14; cause and effect, ii. 291; iii. 321
Cavazzi on the Singhilli, i. 312
Charles X., ministry of, i. 257
China, the religion of, i. 335; a moral religion, 340
Christ, history of, not myth, i. 146; for the Church, iii. 113; not merely a man, i. 226; the God-Man, iii. 76, 89; Son of God and Son of Man, 85, 121; and Socrates, 77, 86, 144; teaching of, 78, 82. 85; death of, 86, 87, 92, 97, 98; resurrection of, 91; ascension of, 91, note; died for all, 95; and the Idea, 113; miracles of, 116; and His Apostles, 179
Christian religion, the, begins in dualism, i. 17; commands us to know God, 37; iii. 193; the revealed religion, i. 84; the perfect religion, ii. 330; polemical, as kingdom of God, iii. 79; the religion of Spirit, 107; truth of, 110; contrasted with Mohammedan, 143
Church, Christian, the, its origin, iii. 97, 100, 123; doctrine of, 124
Cicero, on the gods, ii. 309; on Roman religion, 311
Confucius, i. 346
Cosmological Proof, ii. 144; iii. 238 S,; essential defect in, 259 Creation, conception of, ii. 155, 178; iii. 1
Creed, the, i. 27; creeds, iii. 126
Cross, the, ii. 255; its meaning, iii. 89
Dead, reverence for, i. 311; care of, in Egypt, ii. 110 Death, conception of, in Egyptian religion, ii. 97
Descartes on God, iii. 363
Development in the finite religions, i. 79
Devil, the, in Milton, iii. 49
Divine and human, severance of, i. 239; union of, ii. 349; iii. 72, 129
Dogmas, considered of no moment, i. 39; studied historically, 41; ii. 345; in Christian Church, iii. 126
Dualism in Jewish religion, ii. 199
Eckhardt quoted, i. 218
Egypt, religion of, ii. 101
Eleatics, the, i. 98; iii. 320, 325
Elevation to God, iii. 229
End, idea of, ii. 150, 289 ff.
England under the Stuarts, i. 249
"Enlightenment," defined, i. 29, 219; iii, 139; and philosophy, 148
Esquimaux, their religion, i. 294
Evil, i. 72; in the Bible, 133; in Persian religion, ii. 73; in Egyptian religion, 103; in Jewish, 218; as reflection, iii. 53; as opposed to good, 60; in Christianity, 129
Exegesis, its limits, i. 27; ii. 342
Faith, a form of knowledge, i. 117; in relation to knowledge, iii. 174 ff.; as understood by Reformers, i. 150; what it is, 211; iii. 114; breach between, and thought, i. 226; iii. 161; explains death of Christ, 87; and miracles, 119; as Christian, 157
Fall, the, i. 271, 276; ii. 200, 218; iii. 53
Fate, idea of, in Greek religion, ii. 169, 239, 261, 321; iii. 314
Father, kingdom of the, iii. 4; and Son, 12, 37
Feeling, religious, i. 119, 125; iii. 180; has twofold character, i. 129; content of bad or good, 130; iii. 182; not a basis for God, i. 137; and philosophy, 149; life of, iii. 184
Fetish worship, i. 309
Fichte, i. 228; iii. 68
Finite, the, and Infinite, i. 185, 200; relation to the Infinite, iii. 293 ff.
Foe, religion of, ii. 49
France under Robespierre, i. 257
Freedom, human, i. 227; of Spirit, ii. 226; Greek idea of, 259
French, the, and the Catholic religion, i, 254
God, v. the Absolute, i. 24; a Trinity, 30; a living God, 33; knowledge of, 36, 45, 191; iii. 190; not merely in feeling, i. 51; defined, 90, 92; ii. 55, 126, 327, 348; the most universal personality, i, 121; personality in, ii. 56; existence of, i. 167; iii. 155 ff.; ex consensu gentium, 197; as the One, ii. 135; attributes of 180; iii. 205, 217; Jewish, ii. 210; exists for Spirit, iii. 8; as love, 10; not defined by predicates, 13; becomes man, 75; "God is dead," 91; as Creator, 176; i. 198; not jealous, iii. 193; the Notion, 208; fellowship of, with man, 303
Goethe, on classic art, ii. 253; on design, iii. 349
Goodness, innate, criticised, i. 180, 192
Greek religion, a religion of humanity, ii. 257; joyous, 261; gods of, 230, 244; not symbolical, 285; compared with Roman, 300
Heaven, in Chinese religion, i. 337
Herodotus, on the Greek gods, i. 223; ii. 249; referred to, i. 295; on immortality of soul, ii. 102; on Egyptian gods, 103, 111
Hesiod, on Chaos, ii. 229
Hindus, cosmogony of, ii. 17; religion of pantheistic, iii. 317
Homer, i, 315; ii. 262, 269
Idea, the, defined, i. 21; ii. 329, 349; as divine self-revelation, iii. 4; the speculative, 17
Idea, or ordinary thought, defined, i. 143; dialectic of, 157
Idols and God, iii. 199
Immortality, of the soul: idea of, necessarily connected with that of God, i. 79, 314; and transmigration, ii. 63; Herodotus on, 102, 110; not in Jewish religion, 213; in Greek religion, 260; definite doctrine in Christian religion, iii. 105; immortality of Spirit, iii. 57, 302
Incarnation, the, i. 70; idea of, pervades every religion, 77; its importance, 151; iii. 73
Incarnations, Indian, ii. 23
India, religion of, ii. 1 ff.
Indian literature, i. 285
Infinite and finite, i. 184, 325; iii. 259, 293, 299
Innocence, the state of, i. 272; not the true state of Man, 279
Jacobi, quoted on faith, i. 118 Pantheism in system of, 333; and Kant, iii. 250; on the knowledge of God, 282; on the Causa Sui, 322
Jesus: was He the Son of God? iii. 111; belief in, 120
Jews, as chosen people, ii. 209
Job, Book of, ii. 193
Kant, his Critique of Pure Reason, i. 55, 250; his moral standpoint, 228; on Teleological Proof, ii. 159; iii. 328; on Ontological Proof, ii. 353; iii. 363; on Cosmological Proof, 238 ff.; quoted, 68
Kingdom of God, the, iii. 78, 85, 135, 149; and Roman Empire, 90
Knowledge, defined, i. 119; iii. 162, 296; in relation to religion. 295; immediate knowledge, i. 42, 162
Lamas, the, ii. 57
Life defined, iii. 336
Light, religion of, ii. 70
Love, God as, iii. 10; as understood by Christ, 83; of Spiritual Community, 106
Magic, religion of, i. 290; prayer as, 293
Man, and God, i. 228; his freedom, 244; ii. 223; as essential end, 165; in religion of sublimity, 191; and animals, 252; his real nature, iii. 45; and Nature, 340; knows God, 303; and religion, 366
Manicheism, iii. 297
Manu, code of, ii. 17
Marriage v. celibacy, i. 251
Mendelssohn on the Christian religion, i. 220; iii. 362
Middle Ages, i. 21, 101, 280, 285; theology of, iii. 158
Miracles, as basis of faith, i. 218; ii. 338; none amongst Hindus, 92; in Jewish religion, 187; rejected by Christ as criterion of truth, i. 219; ii. 339; iii. 116; how to be understood, 118; Spirit the true miracle, 119
Mithras-worship, ii. 81
Mohammedan religion, ii. 198, 212, 297; contrasted with Christian, iii. 143
Mongols, the, i. 296
Mysteries, Greek and Christian, ii. 283
Mystery, religion of, ii. 85
Nature, design in, i. 12; not worshipped in any religion, 81; and Spirit, 108, 208; iii. 210; religion of, i. 270; in Jewish religion, ii. 184; in relation to Man, iii. 42; organic and inorganic, 339; waste in, 344
Necessity, its various forms, ii. 141; idea of, amongst the Greeks, iii. 277, 314
Nemesis, ii. 240
Notion, the, what it is, i. 275; defined, ii. 348; iii. 208; and Being, 15, 222, 354; refuge of religion, 147
Observation, standpoint of, criticised, i. 176
Œdipus Coloneus, ii. 266, 288
One, conception of the, ii. 135
Ontological Proof, ii. 352; iii. 347 ff., 360 ff.
Oracles, Greek, ii. 278
Osiris, in Egyptian religion, ii. 101; identified with Nile, 107, 285
Pantheism, misunderstood, i. 96; iii. 319; philosophy not, i. 214217; criticised, 333; ambiguity of term, ii. 54; in Hindu religion, iii. 317
Paradise, i. 273, 279
Parmenides, i. 333; ii. 135; iii. 325, 326
Parsis, religion of the, ii. 77
Penitence, Christian and Hindu, ii. 37; defined, iii.
Perception, i. 139
Phantasy, religion of, ii. 1
Philosophy, does not produce religion, i. 4; antagonism of theology to, 31; ii. 343; and Christian doctrine, i. 38; and immediate knowledge, 42; not Spinozism, 93; and religion, iii. 148, 157, 367; orthodox par excellence, ii. 345
Philosophy of Religion, i. 23; relation to philosophy, 23; to positive religion, 27; not opposed to doctrine of Church, 32; re-establishes dogma, 37; its adversaries shown up, 56; is the unfolding of what God is, 90; a unity, 100
Phœnix, the, ii. 84
Pietism, iii. 141
Plato, quoted, i. 165; on the Infinite, 200; Republic of, 255; on Trinity, iii. 29; on God, 193, 343
Power, conception of, ii. 128, 132; as wise, 154; as self-determining, 225
Prometheus, ii. 236
Proof, Physico-theological, ii. 156; nature of, iii. 165
Proofs of existence of God, represent knowledge of God, i. 167; iii. 155 ff., 226 ff.
Property, idea of, ii. 214
Protestant Church and doctrine, iii. 159
Protestant States, i. 249
Protestantism, i. 252
Protestants, present day, i. 217; view of priests and laymen, 249; and the Bible, iii. 81
Racine criticised, ii. 265
Reason, human and divine, i. 33; and faith, 49; iii. 160; how can it be examined? i. 53; true home of religion, 204; and dogma, iii. 159
Reconciliation, in Christian religion, i. 17; ii. 347; iii. 124; in Greek, ii. 286; defined, iii. 67; accomplished, 109, 129; in the world, 136
Reformation, the, i. 47
Religion, defined, i. 1, 106, 206; ii. 327; iii. 229; and knowledge, i. 5, 15; and philosophy, 18; iii. 148, 366; consciousness of absolute truth, i. 22; highest sphere of consciousness, 54; conception of, 60, 89; and secular life, 70; revealed, 83; ii. 328; imposes absolute obligation, i. 103; use of figures in, 145; can it be taught? 149; the knowledge of God, 167; in relation to authority, 224; to the State, 246; objective, 262; as self-consciousness, ii. 164; as national, 208; contrasted with religiousness, 330; must exist in feeling, iii. 181; for all men, 366; different religions moments of Notion, i. 79
Renunciation, its true meaning, i. 245
Revealed religion, ii. 328; the religion of Spirit, 335
Revolution, French, i. 256
Roman religion, ii. 298; self-seeking, 304; superstitious, 311; transition to Christian, 317; Roman plays, 314
Sacrament, of the Supper, iii. 132; of Baptism, 127
Sacrifice, its nature, i. 234; in Jewish religion, ii. 218; in Greek, 268; of Chiist, iii. 95
Schelling, his idea of God, ii. 53
Sin, original, i. 158
Socrates, ii. 286; compared with Christ, iii. 77, 86; on Teleological Proof, 328
Son, kingdom of, iii. 5, 33; Son of God not the world, 39
Sphinx, the, ii. 119, 122
Spinoza, on substance, i. 334; iii. 325, 327; philosophy of, ii. 55; on God, 357; iii. 362
Spinozism, i. 92, 97, 98; said to confuse good and evil, 99; substance in, 333; defect in, iii. 320
Spirit, the witness of, i. 43; ii. 339; essentially manifestation, i. 46; self-producing, 75; contrasted with Nature, 108; is knowledge of itself, 206; is eternal and immortal, iii. 57, 302; the kingdom of, 101; the true miracle, 119; the Holy Spirit, 97, 107, 108, 110; attests Christ's mission, 113
Spiritual Community, the, iii. 100; a communion of saints, 107
State, the, and religion, i. 70, 102, 246, 251; final stage of Spirit, 113; as end, ii. 296; realisation of Divine, iii. 138
Stoicism, iii. 63
Sublimity, religion of, ii. 170; God in, 172
Substance, idea of, in religions, i. 318; Oriental conception of, ii. 53; in Spinoza, iii. 325
Syrian religion, the, ii. 82
Teleology, ii. 148
Teleological Proof, ii, 157; iii. 328 ff., 347 ff.
Theologians, despise doctrine, i. 39; criticised, 217; ii. 345
Theology, of reason, its nature, i. 28; contrasted with philosophy of religion, 31; and the Bible, ii. 343
Thought, defined, i. 94; God exists in, 132; contrasted with idea, 144 ff.; eternal Idea present in, iii. 7; and faith, 161
Trinity, dogma of the, i. 39; misunderstood, 159; expresses a childlike relation, iii. 25; as a speculative conception, 29; the Indian, ii. 14; the Holy, iii. 11; the Christian, 99
Truth v. certainty, iii. 178
Understanding, the, hates philosophy, i. 32; religion of, ii. 288; God a mystery to, iii. 17; and reason, 22; and faith, 231; and proofs of existence of God, 265; and God, 301; and contradiction, 306; religion a mystery for, 367
Universal, the, defined, i. 122
Utility, religion of, ii. 288; is the Roman religion, 298
Vedas, the, reading of, ii. 18
Voltaire on faith, i. 219
Vorstellung, or idea, defined, i. 143
Will, the, iii. 50
"Word," the, ii. 17; iii. 31
Worship, its nature, i. 65, 67, 210; special forms of, 229; as propitiation, 240
Zoroaster, ii. 77
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