Studies in Hegelian Cosmology

Studies in Hegelian Cosmology John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart Cambridge, 1901 Batoche Books Kitchener 2000 Batoche Books 52 Eby Street South, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 3L1, Canada. email: batoche@gto.net ISBN: 1-55273-034-4 Contents Preface ............................................................................................... 5 Chapter I: Introduction....................................................................... 6 Chapter II: Human Immortality ......................................................... 9 Chapter III: The Personality of the Absolute ................................... 51 Chapter IV: The Supreme Good and the Moral Criterion ................ 83 Chapter V: Punishment ...................................................................111 Chapter VI: Sin .............................................................................. 130 Chapter VII: The Conception of Society as an Organism.............. 151 Chapter VIII: Hegelianism and Christianity................................... 168 Chapter IX: The Further Determination of the Absolute ............... 212 Notes .............................................................................................. 247 Preface Chapters V and VII of this book appeared, nearly in their present form, in the International Journal of Ethics. (July 1896, and July 1897.) The other chapters have not been previously published. In referring to Hegel’s works I have used the Collected Edition, the publication of which began in 1832. For purposes of quotation I have generally availed myself of Wallace’s translation of the Encyclopaedia, of Dyde’s translation of the Philosophy of Law, and of Spiers’ and Sanderson’s translation of the Philosophy of Religion. I am much indebted to Mr G. L. Dickinson, of King’s College in Cambridge, and to my wife, for their kindness in reading this book be-fore its publication, and assisting me with many valuable suggestions. ... - tailieumienphi.vn