CHAPTER X

. ABSOLUTE REALISM 306

Sect. 148. The Philosopher's Task, and the Philosopher's Object, or the Absolute 306 Sect. 149. The Eleatic Conception of Being 309 Sect. 150. Spinoza's Conception of Substance 311 Sect. 151. Spinoza's Proof of God, the Infinite Substance. The Modes and the Attributes 312 Sect. 152. The Limits of Spinoza's Argument for God 315 Sect. 153. Spinoza's Provision for the Finite 317 Sect. 154. Transition to Teleological Conceptions 317 Sect. 155. Early Greek Philosophers not Self-critical 319 Sect. 156. Curtailment of Philosophy in the Age of the Sophists 319 Sect. 157. Socrates and the Self-criticism of the Philosopher 321 Sect. 158. Socrates's Self-criticism a Prophecy of Truth 323 Sect. 159. The Historical Preparation for Plato 324 Sect. 160. Platonism: Reality as the Absolute Ideal or Good 326 Sect. 161. The Progression of Experience toward God 329 Sect. 162. Aristotle's Hierarchy of Substances in Relation to Platonism 332 Sect. 163. The Aristotelian Philosophy as a Reconciliation of Platonism and Spinozism 335 Sect. 164. Leibniz's Application of the Conception of Development to the Problem of Imperfection 336 Sect. 165. The Problem of Imperfection Remains Unsolved 338 Sect. 166. Absolute Realism in Epistemology. Rationalism 339 Sect. 167. The Relation of Thought and its Object in Absolute Realism 340 Sect. 168. The Stoic and Spinozistic Ethics of Necessity 342 Sect. 169. The Platonic Ethics of Perfection 344 Sect. 170. The Religion of Fulfilment and the Religion of Renunciation 346

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