The acknowledged masterpiece of one of Spain's most influential thinkers. Between despair and the desire for something better, Unamuno finds that "saving incertitude" that alone can console us. Dynamic appraisal of man's faith in God and in himself.
INTRODUCTORY ESSAYAUTHORS PREFACEI THE MAN OF FLESH AND BONEPhilososphy and the concrete man"The man Kant, the man Butler, and the man Spinoza"Unity and continuity of the personMan an end not a meansIntellectual necessities and necessities of the heart and the willTragic sense of life in men and in peoplesII THE STARTING POINTTragedy of ParadiseDisease and element of progressNecessity of knowing in order to liveInstinct of preservation and instinct of perpetuationThe sensible world and the ideal worldPractical starting-point of all philosophy--Knowledge an end in itself?The man DescartesThe longing not to dieIII THE HUNGER OF IMMORTALITYThirst of beingCult of immortality"Plato's "glorious risk"MaterialismPaul's discourse to the AtheniansIntolerance of the intellectualsCraving for fameStruggle for survivalIV THE ESSENCE OF CATHOLICISMImmortality and resurrectionDevelopment of idea of immortality in Judaic and Hellenic religionsPaul and the dogma of the resurrectionAthanasiusSacrament of the EucharistLutheranismThe Catholic ethicScholasticismThe Catholic solutionV THE RATIONALIST DISSOLUTIONMaterialismConcept of substanceSubstantiality of the soulBerkeleyMyersSpencerCombat of life with reasonTheological advocacyOdium anti-theologicumThe rationalist attitudeSpinozaNietzscheTruth and consolationVI IN THE DEPTHS OF THE ABYSSPassionate doubt and Cartesian doubtIrrationality of the problem of immortalityWill and intelligenceVitalism and rationalismUncertainty as basis of faithThe ethic of despairPragmatical justification of despairSummary of preceding criticismVII "LOVE, SUFFERING, PITY, AND PERSONALITY"Sexual loveSpiritual love Tragic loveLove and pityPersonalizing faculty of loveGod the Personalization of the AllAnthropomorphic tendencyConsciousness of the UniverseWhat is Truth ?Finality of the Universe VIII FROM GOD TO GODConcept and feeling of DivinityPantheismMonotheismThe rational GodProofs of God's existenceLaw of necessityArgument from Consensus genliumThe living GodIndividuality and personalityGod a multiplicityThe God of ReasonThe God of LoveExistance of GodIX "FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY"Personal element in faithCreative power of faithWishing that God may existHope the form of faithLove and sufferingThe suffering GodConsciousness revealed through suffering Spiritualization of MatterX "RELIGION, THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BEYOND, AND THE APOCATASTASIS"What is religion ? The longing for immortalityConcrete representation of a future lifeBeatific visionSt. Teresa Delight requisite for happinessDegradation of energyApocatastasis Climax of the tragedyMystery of the BeyondXI THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMConflict as basis of conductInjustice of annihilationMaking ourselves irreplaceableReligious value of the civil occupationBusiness of religion and religion of businessEthic of dominationEthic of the cloisterPassion and cultureThe Spanish soulCONCLUSION DON QUIXOTE IN THE CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN TRAGI-COMEDYCultureFaustThe modern InquisitionSpain and the scientific spiritCultural achievement of SpainThought and languageDon Quixote the hero of Spanish thoughtReligion a transcendental economyTragic ridiculeQuixotesque philosophyMission of Don Quixote to-day
