[Gutenberg 42880] • Philosophy and the Social Problem by Durant, Will -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

PHILOSOPHY AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM CONTENTS PART I HISTORICAL APPROACH

PHILOSOPHY AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I THE PRESENT SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOCRATIC ETHIC

I History as Rebarbarization II Philosophy as Disintegrator III Individualism in Athens IV The Sophists V Intelligence as Virtue VI The Meaning of Virtue VII “Instinct” and “Reason” VIII The Secularization of Morals IX “Happiness” and “Virtue” X The Socratic Challenge

CHAPTER II PLATO: PHILOSOPHY AS POLITICS

I The Man and the Artist II How to Solve the Social Problem III On Making Philosopher-Kings IV Dishonest Democracy V Culture and Slavery VI Plasticity and Order VII The Meaning of Justice VIII The Future of Plato

CHAPTER III FRANCIS BACON AND THE SOCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF SCIENCE

I From Plato to Bacon II Character III The Expurgation of the Intellect IV Knowledge is Power V The Socialization of Science VI Science and Utopia VII Scholasticism in Science VIII The Asiatics of Europe

CHAPTER IV SPINOZA ON THE SOCIAL PROBLEM[82]

I Hobbes II The Spirit of Spinoza III Political Ethics IV Is Man a Political Animal? V What the Social Problem Is VI Free Speech VII Virtue as Power VIII Freedom and Order IX Democracy and Intelligence X The Legacy of Spinoza

CHAPTER V NIETZSCHE

I From Spinoza to Nietzsche II Biographical III Exposition IV Criticism V Nietzsche Replies VI Conclusion

PART II SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER I SOLUTIONS AND DISSOLUTIONS

I The Problem II “Solutions” III Dissolutions

CHAPTER II THE RECONSTRUCTIVE FUNCTION OF PHILOSOPHY

I Epistemologs II Philosophy as Control III Philosophy as Mediator between Science and Statesmanship

CHAPTER III ORGANIZED INTELLIGENCE

I The Need II The Organization of Intelligence III Information of Panacea IV Sex, Art, and Play in Social Reconstruction V Education

CHAPTER IV THE READER SPEAKS

I The Democratization of Aristocracy II The Professor as Buridan’s Ass III Is Information Wanted? IV Finding Mæcenas V The Chance of Philosophy

CONCLUSION