CHAPTER XI

. ABSOLUTE IDEALISM 349

Sect. 171. General Constructive Character of Absolute Idealism 349 Sect. 172. The Great Outstanding Problems of Absolutism 351 Sect. 173. The Greek Philosophers and the Problem of Evil. The Task of the New Absolutism 352 Sect. 174. The Beginning of Absolute Idealism in Kant's Analysis of Experience 354 Sect. 175. Kant's Principles Restricted to the Experiences which they Set in Order 356 Sect. 176. The Post-Kantian Metaphysics is a Generalization of the Cognitive and Moral Consciousness as Analyzed by Kant. The Absolute Spirit 358 Sect. 177. Fichteanism, or the Absolute Spirit as Moral Activity 360 Sect. 178. Romanticism, or the Absolute Spirit as Sentiment 361 Sect. 179. Hegelianism, or the Absolute Spirit as Dialectic 361 Sect. 180. The Hegelian Philosophy of Nature and History 363 Sect. 181. Resume. Failure of Absolute Idealism to Solve the Problem of Evil 365 Sect. 182. The Constructive Argument for Absolute Idealism is Based upon the Subjectivistic Theory of Knowledge 368 Sect. 183. The Principle of Subjectivism Extended to Reason 371 Sect. 184. Emphasis on Self-consciousness in Early Christian Philosophy 372 Sect. 185. Descartes's Argument for the Independence of the Thinking Self 374 Sect. 186. Empirical Reaction of the English Philosophers 376 Sect. 187. To Save Exact Science Kant Makes it Dependent on Mind 377 Sect. 188. The Post-Kantians Transform Kant's Mind-in-general into an Absolute Mind 380 Sect. 189. The Direct Argument. The Inference from the Finite Mind to the Infinite Mind 382 Sect. 190. The Realistic Tendency in Absolute Idealism 385 Sect. 191. The Conception of Self-consciousness Central in the Ethics of Absolute Idealism. Kant 386 Sect. 192. Kantian Ethics Supplemented through the Conceptions of Universal and Objective Spirit 388 Sect. 193. The Peculiar Pantheism and Mysticism of Absolute Idealism 390 Sect. 194. The Religion of Exuberant Spirituality 393

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