Egotism in German Philosophy

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Egotism in German Philosophy (1916)
by George Santayana

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EGOTISM

IN

GERMAN PHILOSOPHY

BY

G. SANTAYANA

LATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LONDON AND TORONTO
J. M. DENT & SONS LIMITED
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Front matter (not listed in original)

Preface

CONTENTS

chap.			page
I.	The General Character of German Philosophy	. . .	11
II.	The Protestant Heritage	. . .	21
III.	Transcendentalism	. . .	32
IV.	Hints of Egotism in Goethe	. . .	43
V.	Seeds of Egotism in Kant	. . .	54
VI.	Transcendentalism Perfected	. . .	65
VII.	Fichte on the Mission of Germany	. . .	73
VIII.	The Egotism of Ideas	. . .	84
IX.	Egotism and Selfishness	. . .	99
X.	The Breach with Christianity	. . .	104
XI.	Nietzsche and Schopenhauer	. . .	114
XII.	The Ethics of Nietzsche	. . .	123
XIII.	The Superman	. . .	136
XIV.	Heathenism	. . .	144
XV.	German Genius	. . .	154
XVI.	Egotism in Practice	. . .	162
	Index	. . .	169

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