Existence as Dialectical Tension

Preliminary Statement.- One. God and Nature.- A. Nature as Fact for Science.- B. Nature as Meaningful for Man.- C. Nature as Manifestation of God.- D. Nature as Work of God Open to Science.- Two. God and Man.- A. Man in the World with God.- B. Man as Knower.- 1. Experience as the Self Meeting the World.- 2. Feeling as Primordial Response to Reality.- 3. Idea as What We Think With.- 4. Intuition-Intellect as Perception of Whole and Part.- C. Man as Knower of God.- 1. Original Sources for Man’s Knowledge of God.- 2. Man’s Knowledge of Other Minds.- 3. Ontological Argument for God’s Existence.- 4. Development of Man’s Knowledge of God.- 5. Principle of Alternation.- Three. Man and Man.- A. The Human Self.- 1. The Subconscious as Natural Self.- 2. Instinct Interpreted as Will to Power.- 3. Body as Organ of Mind.- 4. The Self as Persistent Hope.- 5. The Self as Apprentice in Creativity.- B. The State.- 1. Origins of State.- 2. The State as Circuit of Wills.- 3. The Nation as Will-Circuit Concretely Expressed.- 4. Impotence of the State in Satisfying Man’s Will to Power.- 5. Man’s Reach Beyond the State.- C. Art as Partial Hold on the Whole.- Four. Man and God.- A. Religion in General.- 1. The Effects of Religion in History.- 2. The Fruits of Religion.- 3. The Problem of Evil.- 4. The Possibility of a World Faith.- B. Christianity as Concrete Religion.- 1. The Essence of Christianity.- 2. Christianity Satisfies Man’s Will to Power.- 3. Christianity as Anticipation of the Essence of Religion.- C. Immortality as a Free Possibility to Participate the One.- Concluding Statement.- Selected Bibliography.