Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface (1979) ix
4. Preface (1960) xii
5. Preface (1959) xvi
6. 1 Shakespeare: Between Socrates and Existentialism 1
7. 2 Dialogue with a Critic 25
8. 3 Shakespeare Versus Goethe 35
9. 4 Goethe and the History of Ideas 51
10. 5 Goethe's Faith and Faust's Redemption 61
11. 6 Goethe Versus Romanticism 77
12. 7 The Hegel Myth and Its Method 95
13. 8 The Young Hegel and Religion 129
14. 9 Hegel: Contribution and Calamity 163
15. 10 Kierkegaard 175
16. 11 How Nietzsche Revolutionized Ethics 207
17. 12 Nietzsche and Rilke 219
18. 13 Art, Tradition, and Truth 241
19. 14 Philosophy Versus Poetry 263
20. 15 Jaspers' Relation to Nietzsche 283
21. 16 Freud 321
22. 17 Heidegger's Castle 339
23. 18 German Thought After World War II 371
24. 19 Toynbee and Super-History 387
25. 20 Toynbee and Religion 403
26. Bibliography 429
27. Index 445