Page:Popular Works of Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1889) Vol 2.djvu/11

CONTENTS.
Lecture   I.	Idea of Universal History,	.    .    .	page 1
	The End of the Life of Mankind on Earth is this,—that in this Life they may order all their relations with Freedom according to Reason. This Earthly Life may be divided into Five Principal Epochs.
II.	General Delineation of the Third Age,	.    .    .	page 15
	To which of these Epochs does the Present Age belong? Fundamental principle of the Third Age:—Innate Common Sense serves it as the measure of all Reality. General description of its Secular and Religious system consequent on this principle. Its elevation of Experience as the highest criterion—its Scientific Scepticism—its Artistic, Political, Moral and Religious principles.
III.	The Life According to Reason,	.    .    .	page 35
	The Life according to Reason in contrast with the life of such an Age consists in this,—that the Life of the Individual should be dedicated to that of the Race, or to Ideas. An experiment on the minds of the audience,—whether they can withhold their approval, admiration and reverence from such a Life. What necessarily follows from the successful result of such a test.
IV.	The Life According to Reason,	.    .    .	page 51
	Continuation of the experiment. Description of the enjoyment of the Life in the Idea by any one who truly and in reality lives this Life.