CONTENTS. Introduction vii Bibliography xi PART I. — INTRODUCTORY. CHAPTER I. Morality ; Notion ; Universality ; Origin 1 CHAPTER II. Religion 12 § 1. Notion 12 § 2. Universality 19 § 3. Origin 23 PART II. — HISTORICAL. CHAPTER I. Assyria and Babylonia 46 CHAPTER II. Egypt S3 CHAPTER III. The Religions of India 64 § 1. Vedism 64 § 2. Brahmanism 68 § 3. Buddhism 73 CHAPTER IV. Zoroastrianism 83 CHAPTER V. The Religions of China 89 CHAPTER VI. Paganism of Greece and Rome 103 § 1. Greece 103 § 2. Rome 113 CHAPTER VII. Mahometanism 126 CHAPTER VIII. Semi-Civilized and Savage Races 132 § 1. Celts, Teutons, Slavs 13a $ 2. Other Semi-Civilized and Savage Races 137 CHAPTER IX. Conclusion from the Historical Survey 145 PART III. — DOCTRINAL. CHAPTER I. Relation of Ethics to Morality 156 CHAPTER II. The Proximate Basis and Rule of Morality 163 CHAPTER III. The Ultimate End and Rule 180 CHAPTER IV. The Subjective Element of Morality 189 CHAPTER V. Summary 202 CHAPTER VI. Import of the Relation Between Natural Religion and Morality 208 CHAPTER VII. Supernatural Religion 225 PART IV. — CRITICAL. CHAPTER I. Kant 237 CHAPTER II. Mill 254 CHAPTER III. Spencer 272 CONCLUSION. Trend of Agnosticism Toward Theism — The Ethical Society — Education — Socialism — The Outlook 299 BIBLIOGRAPHY. Digitized by Google.


At head of title: Deus lux mea

Thesis (Th. D.)--Catholic University of America

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