The Aristos. A Self-Portrait in Ideas [1964, 1968, 1970 2nd Rev Ed] by Fowles, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

PREFACE TO A NEW EDITION INTRODUCTION 1. THE UNIVERSAL SITUATION

THE WRECK AND THE RAFT THE NECESSITY OF HAZARD THE GODGAME FINITY AND INFINITY ‘GOD’ THE CONTINGENCY OF MATTER MYSTERY ATHEISM

2. HUMAN DISSATISFACTIONS

DEATH HAVING ONLY THIS THE MYTH OF A SOUL ISOLATION THE ANXIETIES HAZARD ENVY

3. THE NEMO

THE POLITICAL NEMO THE NECESSITY OF THE NEMO

4. RELATIVITY OF RECOMPENSE

HAPPINESS AND ENVY

5. DOING THE GOOD

‘GRATUITOUS ACTS’ THE PURPOSE OF RELATIVE FREEDOM INABILITY TO ENACT GOOD COUNTERSUPPORTING GOOD EQUALS EVIL WHY SO LITTLE GOOD?

6. THE TENSIONAL NATURE OF HUMAN REALITY

THE COUNTERPOLES OF THE ‘I’ THE TENSIONAL NATURE OF HUMAN REALITY TENSION THE MECHANISM OF THE TENSION THE MANIPULATION OF THE TENSIONS TRANSPOSITION INTERNATIONAL TENSION THE ULTIMATE TENSION

7. OTHER PHILOSOPHIES

CHRISTIANITY LAMAISM HUMANISM SOCIALISM FASCISM EXISTENTIALISM

8. THE OBSESSION WITH MONEY

WEALTH AND POVERTY THE MONETIZATION OF PLEASURE THE AUTOMATION VACUUM THE DUTIES OF LEISURE DEATH BY NUMBERS CONCLUSION

9. A NEW EDUCATION

A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THE THREE FURTHER AIMS OF EDUCATION NATIONALISM ART AND SCIENCE GAMES CULPABILITY ADULTHOOD ADAM AND EVE SEXUAL FREEDOM THE INWARD EDUCATION THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NOW INWARD KNOWLEDGE THE SYNOPTIC EDUCATION

10. THE IMPORTANCE OF ART

TIME AND ART THE ARTIST AND HIS ART ART AND SOCIETY ARTISTS AND NON-ARTISTS THE GENIUS AND THE CRAFTSMAN THE STYLE IS NOT THE MAN POETRY AND HUMANITY

11. THE ARISTOS IN THE INDIVIDUAL APPENDIX NOTES