PART III. The Genius of Modernity

THE GENIUS OF MODERNITY

XI. The Cure of Souls 213 1. The Problem of Evil 213 2. Superstition and Self-Consciousness 217 3. Virtue 221 4. From Clue to Practice 226

XII. The Business of the Great Society 232 1. The Invention of Invention 232 2. The Creative Principle in Modernity 235 3. Naive Capitalism 241 4. The Credo of Old-Style Business 244 5. Old-Style Reform and Revolution 247 6. The Diffusion of the Acquisitive Instinct 252 7. Ideals 257

XIII. Government in the Great Society 260 1. Loyalty 260 2. The Evolution of Loyalty 263 3. Pluralism 267 4. Live and Let Live 269 5. Government in the People 272 6. Politicians and Statesmen 279

XIV. Love in the Great Society 284 1. The External Control of Sexual Conduct 284 2. Birth Control 288 3. The Logic of Birth Control 293 4. The Use of Convention 299 5. The New Hedonism 301 6. Marriage and Affinity 307 7. The Schooling of Desire 311

XV. The Moralist in an Unbelieving World 314 1. The Declaration of Ideals 314 2. The Choice of a Way 320 3. The Religion of the Spirit 326

Appendix: Acknowledgments and Notes 331

Index 339