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Tables of Contents for How to Think About the Great Ideas
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
About the Author
xvii
Author's Introduction
xxiii
How to Think about truth
1
10
How to Think about Opinion
11
10
The Difference between Knowledge and Opinion
21
11
Opinion and Human Freedom
32
9
Opinion and Majority Rule
41
10
How to Think about Man
51
10
How Different Are Humans?
61
8
The Darwinian Theory of Human Origin
69
9
The Answer to Darwin
78
10
The Uniqueness of Man
88
9
How to Think about Emotion
97
11
How to Think about Love
108
9
Love as Friendship: A World Without Sex
117
10
Sexual Love
127
8
The Morality of Love
135
8
How to Think about Good and Evil
143
10
How to Think about Beauty
153
10
How to Think about Freedom
163
10
How to Think about Learning
173
11
Youth is a Barrier to Learning
184
10
How to Read a Book
194
10
How to Talk
204
10
How to Watch TV
214
9
How to Think about Art
223
10
The Kinds of Art
233
11
The Fine Arts
244
10
The Goodness of Art
254
10
How to Think about Justice
264
10
How to Think about Punishment
274
10
How to Think about Language
284
10
How to Think about Work
294
8
Work, Play, and Leisure
302
10
The Dignity of All Kinds of Work
312
8
Work and Leisure Then and Now
320
9
Work, Leisure, and Liberal Education
329
9
How to Think about Law
338
9
The Kinds of Law
347
10
The Making of Law
357
11
The Justice of Law
368
10
How to Think about Government
378
8
The Nature of Government
386
10
The Powers of Government
396
9
The Best Form of Government
405
9
How to Think about Democracy
414
10
How to Think about Change
424
11
How to Think about Progress
435
11
How to Think about War and Peace
446
10
How to Think about Philosophy
456
10
How Philosophy Differs from Science and Religion
466
10
Unsolved Problems of Philosophy
476
11
How Can Philosophy Progress?
487
10
How to Think about God
497
10
Historical Note: How This Book Came to Be
507
2
Index
509