Readings from Friedrich Von Hugel (Paperback)

READINGS FROM FRIEDRICH VON HUGEL BARON FRIEDRICH VON HUGEL READINGS FROM FRIEDRICH VON HUGEL SELECTED BY ALGAR THOROLD WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON HIS PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION LONDON TORONTO J. M. DENT SONS LTD. NEW YORK E. P. BUTTON CO, INC To G. G. IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUCH HELP I was as a beast before Thee. Nevertheless I am continually with Thee Thou boldest me fast by my right hand. Whom have I in heaven but Thee And beside Thee I desire naught upon earth. Though my flesh and my heart fail Thou, God, abidest my rock and my portion for ever. Ps. Ixxiii. 22, 2 3, 25, 26 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us. We love, because He first loved us. i JOHN iv. 10, 19. Thou hast created us unto Thyself, O Lord and our heart finds no rest until it rests in Thee. ST. AUGUSTINE, Confessions, i. i. i . CONTENTS The Mystical Element of Religion. 2 vols. Dent. 1923. M. E.. Eternal Life. T. and T. Clark. 2nd edition, 1923. E. .. Essays and Addresses on the Philosophy of Religion, 2 vols. Dent. E.. BOOK I THE APPROACH TO RELIGION PAGE i. AN ABIDING ENIGMA OF LIFE M. E., I. i-io . . . . 3 a. HELLENISM, CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE, ALL THREE NECESSARY TO MAN M. E., I. 48-9 1 1 3. THE THREE MEANS OF RELIGIOUS APPREHENSION M. ., I. 51-3 13 4. THE DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSITION M. E., I. 53-5 . . .15 5. THE THREE CONSTITUENTS OF KNOWLEDGE M. E., I. 55-8 . 18 6. THE THREE ELEMENTS IN THE GREAT RELIGIONS M. E. t I. 60-5 . 21 7. THE RELIGIOUS TEMPER LONGS FOR SIMPLIFICATION M. ., I. 65-70 26 8. SCIENCE BRUTE FACT AND IRON LAW M. E., I. 39-42 . 31 9. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENCE M. ., . 44-5 35 10. THE RELATIONS OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION M. E. 9 I. 45-7 . 37 11. CHRISTIANITY, THEREVELATION OF PERSONALITY AND DEPTH M. E., I. 25-39 40 12. CHRISTIANITY PESSIMIST AND OPTIMIST M. E., II. 358-61 . 54 13. THE SCIENTIFIC HABIT AND MYSTICISM M. ., . 375-9 . . 58 14. SOCIAL RELIGION AND MYSTICISM M. J5., II. 353-5 ... 62 15. ETERNAL LIFE GIVEN IN EXPERIENCE E. L., 382-96 . . 65 1 6. THE SENSE OF ETERNAL LIFE E. L., 365-78. ... 74 BOOK II THE SOUL OF A SAINT . 17. ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA M. E., I. 87-90 .... 85 1 8. THE MARRIAGE OF CATHERINE M. E., I. 101-4 . . . 89 19. THE THEOLOGICAL VALUE OF CATHERINES SPIRIT M. E., I. 253-6 .91 vii viii CONTENTS PAGE 20. SOURCES OP CATHERINES DOCTRINE M. E. t I. 258-60 . . 95 21. GOD AND CREATION M. E. 9 1. 260-6 ..... 97 22. THE SIN OF SELF-LOVE M. E. 9 I. 266-8 . . . .103 23. CATHERINE AND PURE LOVE M. E. 9 1. 268-72 . . .104 24. CATHERINES SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE M. E., I. 220-9 . . 109 25. THE TEACHING OF CATHERINE M. E., I. 229-44 . . .120 26. WHAT WE MAY LEARN FROM CATHERINE M. E., I. 244-9 37 27. CATHERINES INTERPRETATIVE RELIGION M. E. 9 II. 112-14 and 120-1 143 28. CATHERINES FASTS Af. E. I. 135-7 148 29. CATHERINE AND THE PLAGUE M. E. 9 I. 1434 . . .150 30. THE THREE CATEGORIES AND THE Two WAYS M. E. 9 II. 273-80 . 152 31. THE OTHER WORLDS M. E. 9 1. 281-93 160 32. CATHERINE AND THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Af. E. 9 1. 115-16 . 173 33. SOME PECULIARITIES OF DEVOTION Af. E., II. 123-7 . .175 34. HER GENERAL AFTER-LIFE CONCEPTIONS M. E. 9 II. 199-218 . 179 35. CATHERINE AND ETERNAL PUNISHMENT Af. E., II. 218-30 . 200 36. CATHERINE AND PURGATORY Af. E. 9 II. 230-46 . . .212 37. CATHERINE AND HEAVEN M. E. 9 II. 246-58 .... 228 38. CATHERINE AND HER DISCIPLES M. E. 9 1. 159-62 . . .241 39. CATHERINES DEATH M. E, y 1. 215 . . ., . 244 BOOKIII THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 40. RESPONSIBILITY AND BELIEF E. 9 1. 3-5 247 41. THE INEQUALITY OF RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENT E. 9 1. 5-9 . . 249 42. THE DUAL SOURCE OF DIFFICULTIES IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE ., I. 9 i3 252 43. THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF BELIEF E. 9 1. 13-16 . . . 256 44. PERFECT AND IMPERFECT LIBERTY E. 9 1. 16-19 . . . 259 45. RELIGION AND REALITY E., I. 42-4 262 46. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OBJECT OF RELIGION E., 1. 44-50 . 265 47. AN ANALYSIS OF EXPERIENCE E, 9 1. 51-8 .... 271 48. ANTI-RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY ., I. 59-66 .... 280 49...