Civilization and Ethics, Volume 2

absolute action activist ethics activity Adam Smith aims allow altruism attempt basic principle become belief in progress Bentham Brahmans bring categorical imperative Christian Chwang-tse civilization complete conceive conception consciousness conviction course deepened devotion directed duty Eduard von Hartmann egoism eighteenth century elemental epistemological idealism ethic of self-perfecting ethical personality ethical world-view ethics of reverence existence experience F. H. Bradley fact feeling Fichte Fichte's force foundation give happiness Hegel higher life-affirmation human ideas Immanuel Kant impulse individual influence instinct J. G. Fichte Kant knowledge life-negation life-view living mankind means modern monistic moral mysticism naïve nature nature-philosophy necessity of thought never Nietzsche optimism optimistic optimistic-ethical world-view ourselves perfecting pessimism philosophy Plato possible problem rational reach reality relation religious resignation result Schopenhauer self-devotion social society Spinoza spiritual Stoicism struggle supra-ethical system of ethics T. H. Green thing thinkers thinking tion true universe utilitarianism will-to-live will-to-progress