The Speculative Philosopher

Man at the Crossroads Table of Contents
Preface to the American Edition
Sections 1,2

Table of Contents

PREFACE V

PART I Philosophy, Anxiety, and Renewal

1. THE QUESTION PROPOSED 3
2. CYNICS AND STOICS 12
3. THE PLATONISTS: FLIGHT AND CONTEMPLATION 36
4. THE FUTURISTS 49
5. THE POWERFUL 66
6. THE NEW MAN 84

PART II Crisis and Reconstruction

7. THE PROBLEM OF THE MODERN AGE 109
8. THE CRISIS OF THE "FEW" 130
9. THE CRISIS OF THE "MANY" 150
10. THE CRISIS OF "ALL" 167
11. CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 194
INDEX 238
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