CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION BY ANTON PANNEKOEK 7

THE NATURE OF HUMAN BRAIN WORK

Preface 41

I. Introduction 47

II. Pure Reason or the Faculty of Thought in General 61

III. The Nature of Things 80

IV. The Practice of Reason in Physical Science 104

_a_ Cause and Effect 108

_b_ Matter and Mind 119

_c_ Force and Matter 124

V. "Practical Reason" or Morality 133

_a_ The Wise and Reasonable 133

_b_ Morality and Right 143

_c_ The Holy 156

LETTERS ON LOGIC

First Letter 177

Second Letter 181

Third Letter 186

Fourth Letter 191

Fifth Letter 198

Sixth Letter 205

Seventh Letter 212

Eighth Letter 217

Ninth Letter 225

Tenth Letter 230

Eleventh Letter 236

Twelfth Letter 242

Thirteenth Letter 248

Fourteenth Letter 255

Fifteenth Letter 260

Sixteenth Letter 265

Seventeenth Letter 271

Eighteenth Letter 277

Nineteenth Letter 283

Twentieth Letter 289

Twenty-first Letter 296

Twenty-second Letter 301

Twenty-third Letter (a) 307

Twenty-third Letter (b) 312

Twenty-fourth Letter 318

THE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF PHILOSOPHY

Preface 327

I. Positive Knowledge as a Special Object 333

II. The Power of Perception Is Kin to the Universe 337

III. As to How the Intellect Is Limited and Unlimited 342

IV. The Universality of Nature 348

V. The Understanding as a Part of the Human Soul 354

VI. Consciousness Is Endowed With the Faculty of Knowing

as Well as With the Feeling of the Universality

of All Nature 363

VII. The Relationship or Identity of Spirit and Nature 369

VIII. Understanding Is Material 376

IX. The Four Principles of Logic 381

X. The Function of Understanding on the Religious Field 393

XI. The Distinction Between Cause and Effect Is only

One of the Means to Facilitate Understanding 401

XII. Mind and Matter: Which Is Primary, Which Is

Secondary? 409

XIII. The Extent to Which the Doubts of the Possibility

of Clear and Accurate Understanding Have Been

Overcome 418

XIV. Continuation of the Discussion on the Difference

Between Doubtful and Evident Understanding 428

XV. Conclusion 436

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