The World and the Individual, First Series
THE WORLD AND THE INDIVIDUAL
Gifford Lectures
Delivered before the University of Aberdeen
FIRST SERIES:
THE FOUR HISTORICAL CONCEPTIONS OF BEING
CONTENTS
Preface (vii-xiv)
Lecture I: Introduction: The Religious Problems and the Theory of Being (3-43)
Lecture II: Realism and Mysticism in the History of Thought (47-87)
Lecture III: The Independent Beings: A Critical Examination of Realism (91-138)
Lecture IV: The Unity of Being, and the Mystical Interpretation (141-182)
Lecture V: The Outcome of Mysticism, and the World of Modern Critical Rationalism (185-222)
Lecture VI: Validity and Experience (225-262)
Lecture VII: The Internal and External Meaning of Ideas (265-342)
Lecture VIII: The Fourth Conception of Being (345-382)
Lecture IX: Universality and Unity (385-427)
Lecture X: Individuality and Freedom (431-470)
Supplementary Essay: The One, the Many, and the Infinite (473-588)