I. THE MAIN THESIS 110 (a) The Ascent to the Main Thesis 110 1. Man as a Being of Nature 110 2. The Growth of Man beyond Nature 113 3. The Inner Contradiction of the New Life 134 (b) The Development of the Main Thesis 144 1. The Main Thesis and the Possibility of a New System of Life 144 (a) _The Development of the Spiritual Life to Independence_ 144 (b) _The Demands of a New System of Life_ 150 (c) _The Spiritual Basis of the System of Life_ 152 (d) _Human Existence_ 161 (e) _Results and Prospects_ 166 2. The Transformation and the Elevation of Human Life 168 (a) _Aims and Ways_ 168 (b) _The Nature of Freedom_ 174 (c) _The Beginnings of the Independent Spiritual Life_ 183 (d) _The Transcending of Division_ 187 i. _The Spiritual Conception of History_ 188 ii. _The Spiritual Conception of Society_ 196 (e) _The Elevation of Life above Division_ 201 II. THE MORE DETAILED FORM OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE 216 (a) The Problem of Truth and Reality 216 (b) Man and the World 226 (c) The Movement of the Spiritual Life in Man 233 (d) The Emergence of a New Type of Life 240 1. _Life's Attainment of Greatness_ 240 2. _The Increase of Movement_ 247 3. _The Gain of Stability_ 251 (e) Activism, a Profession of Faith 255 III. THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IN MAN IN CONFLICT AND IN VICTORY 262 (a) Doubt and Prostration 262 (b) Consideration and Demand 267 (c) The Victory 273 III. APPLICATION TO THE PRESENT: CONSEQUENCES AND REQUIREMENTS 287