The Riddle of the Universe

About this eBook

Author

Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919

Title

The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Paul Clark, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Monism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42968

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42968

Release Date

June 17, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.AUTHOR’S PREFACE
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
6. 6.CHAPTER II OUR BODILY FRAME
7. 7.CHAPTER III OUR LIFE
8. 8.CHAPTER IV OUR EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
9. 9.CHAPTER V THE HISTORY OF OUR SPECIES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE NATURE OF THE SOUL
11. 11.CHAPTER VII PSYCHIC GRADATIONS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII THE EMBRYOLOGY OF THE SOUL
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE PHYLOGENY OF THE SOUL
14. 14.CHAPTER X CONSCIOUSNESS
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE LAW OF SUBSTANCE
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD — I.—MONISTIC COSMOGONY — II.—MONISTIC GEOGENY — III.—MONISTIC BIOGENY — IV.—MONISTIC ANTHROPOGENY
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE UNITY OF NATURE
19. 19.CHAPTER XV GOD AND THE WORLD — I.—THEISM — II.—PANTHEISM
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY — I.—PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY — II.—PAPAL CHRISTIANITY — III.—THE REFORMATION — IV.—THE PSEUDO-CHRISTIANITY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII OUR MONISTIC RELIGION
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX OUR MONISTIC ETHICS
24. 24.CHAPTER XX SOLUTION OF THE WORLD-PROBLEMS — I.—PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY — II.—PROGRESS OF GEOLOGY — III.—PROGRESS OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY — IV.—PROGRESS OF BIOLOGY — V.—PROGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
25. 25.CONCLUSION — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.INDEX

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