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Lecture   V.	Farther Delineation of the Third Age,	.    .    .	page 69
	In order thoroughly to understand an Age such as the present, assuming it to belong to the Third Epoch, it is necessary to begin with a study of its Scientific Condition. The Form of this condition. Feebleness in pursuit and communication of Knowledge. Weariness which it seeks to relieve by Wit, which is however inaccessible to it.
VI.	Scientific Condition of the Third Age,	.    .    .	page 85
	Description of the Scientific Condition of the Third Age in its Material. Ideas of Intellectual Freedom and of Public Opinion. Superfluity of Writing and Reading. Literary Journals. Art of Reading.
VII.	Earlier Condition of the Scientific or Literary World, and its Ideal Condition,	.    .    .	page 105
	How the Printed Letter acquired the high value it possesses in the Third Age. How, in contrast with such an Age, the Scientific and Literary World ought to be constituted.
VIII.	Mysticism as a Phenomenon of the Third Age,	.    .    .	page 123
	The Reaction of the Third Age against itself by the setting-up of the Incomprehensible as its highest principle. How does this phenomenon arise,—viz., the setting-up of a specific and defined formula of the Incomprehensible? Definition of Mysticism, especially of Scientific Mysticism.
IX.	The Origin and Limits of History,	.    .    .	page 141
	The remaining characteristics and peculiarities of any Age depend upon its Social Condition, and especially upon the State, and are to be defined thereby. Hence, before farther delineation of the Third Age, it must first be ascertained to what stage of its development the State has attained in this Age. This can be done only by means of History, and therefore we must in the first place set forth generally our view of History. Exposition of this view.
X.	The Absolute Form of the State,	.    .    .	page 159
	The Idea of the State in its Absolute Form. Three possible fundamental forms of the actual State in its progress towards perfection. Distinction between Civil and Political Freedom.