Table of Contents

FOREWORD

PRELIMINARY NOTE

CHAPTER I: The Philosophy of History in General

• Is any Philosophy of History possible?
• The Hegelian Delusion
• Spurious and genuine Philosophy of History
• Philosophy of History and Moral Philosophy adequately taken

CHAPTER II: Axiomatic Formulas or Functional Laws

• The law of two-fold contrasting progress
• The ambivalence of history
• The law of the historical fructifications of good and evil
• The law of the world-significance of history-making events
• The law of prise de conscience
• The law of the hierarchy of means

CHAPTER III: Typological Formulas or Vectorial Laws

• The theological notion of the various "states" of human nature
• The theological notion of the various "states" in the historical development of mankind
• The destiny of the Jewish people
• The false Hegelian and Comtian laws of various states or stages
• The law of the passage from the "magical" to the "rational" regime or state in the history of human culture
• The law of the progress of moral conscience
• The law of the passage from "sacral" to "secular" or "lay" civilizations
• The law of the political and social coming of age of the people

CHAPTER IV: God and the Mystery of the World

• God and history
• The world and its natural ends
• Christ's mystical body
• The mystery of the world
• The good of the soul and the good of the world
• Thy Kingdom come

CHAPTER V: Final Remarks

• Philosophy and History
• Philosophy of History and supra-philosophical data