Egotism, defined, 6;
distinguished from selfishness, 95-97, 100-102, 118;
based on error, 167;
implicit in the Kantian imperative and postulates, 62-64;
implies integrity, force, self-complacency, 163-166;
is odious in pedants, 142
Emerson, 24, 49; quoted, 119
England, judged by Fichte, 76
Evil, justified, 123, 132-134
Faith, German conception of it, 13, 27;
corroborated only by itself, 31, 68
Faust, typical egotist, 13, 14;
prefigures the evolution of Germany, 50, 51, 157;
improves on Saint John, 52
Fichte, 65-83
_Gemüth_, why self-conscious, 160
German ethics, its faults, 103
German language, its merits, 75
German nation, its purity, 75;
its mission, 78, 79;
in what sense the chosen people, 73, 74;
necessary to the continued existence of God, 68;
and of history, 79; its fortunes, 158-160
German philosophy, not all philosophy in Germany, 11;
primitive, 27; subjective, 12;
in what senses idealistic, 15;
in what sense not so, 16;
ambiguous, 17, 18;
a revelation, 22;
must continually be proved afresh, 26;
is a work of genius, 155
Gobineau, 77
Goethe, 43-53; quoted, 159, 165
Good and evil above right and wrong, 124
Gospel, amended by Faust, 52;
glossed by Hegelians, 105
Happiness, not for the egotist, 14, 15;
he despises it, 152;
not abstract nor absolute, 110, 111;
attainable, 118; its nature, 152, 153
Heathenism, use of the word, 144;
contrast with paganism, 145, 146;
its modern form, 147, 148
Hegel, 84-98
Human nature, 117, 118
Idealism, meanings of the word, 15, 16;
fosters practical materialism, 5, 69-72, 78, 81, 82;
should be imposed on the young, 80;
its mystical issue, 38-40
Ideals, when captious, when solid, 137
Infinity, evaded by Hegel, 88, 89;
recognised again by Schopenhauer, 108, 109
Kant, 54-64; 25, 34, 35, 42
Knowledge, assumed to be impossible, 15;
abuse of the term, 39, 60
Leibniz, anticipates transcendentalism, 33;
his insidious theology, 104
Lessing, on truth, 129
Locke, sets the ball rolling, 32
Luther, 135, 157
Max Stirner, 99-103; quoted, 73
Montaigne, quoted, 168 Music, 16, 161
Musset, 49
Mysticism, in knowledge, 38-40; in morals, 123