Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. I. On the Biological Study of Belief 3
4. II. Belief as an Important Topic of Hygiene 5
5. III. On the Relation of Delusion and Belief 8
6. IV. Some Important Issues in Life and Individual Modes of Dealing with them 11
7. V. Unsatisfied Love and Individual Modes of Dealing with it 25
8. VI. The Longing of the Childless and Individual Modes of Dealing with it 34
9. VII. The Desire for Power and Individual Modes of Dealing with it 36
10. VIII. Man's Beliefs about the Mechanism of Nature and the Order of the Cosmos 42
11. IX. On the Mental Health of the Individual and of the Group 60