Doctrine of non-resistance to evil, from the origin of Christianity, has been, and still is, professed by the minority of men

Opinions of believers and unbelievers in regard to non-resistance

Misconception of Christianity by non-believers

Misconception of Christianity by scientists

Contradiction of our life and Christian consciousness

Attitude of men of the present day toward war

Significance of the military conscription

Certainty of the acceptance of the Christian doctrine of non-resistance to evil by violence by the men of our world

The acceptance of the Christian life-conception delivers men from the miseries of our pagan life

Uselessness of violence for the destruction of evil—The moral advance of mankind is accomplished, not only through the knowledge of truth, but also through the establishment of public opinion

Christian public opinion already arises in our society, and will inevitably destroy the system of violence of our life—When this will come about

Conclusion: "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

Time and labor spent on art—Lives stunted in its service—Morality sacrificed to and anger justified by art—The rehearsal of an opera described

Does art compensate for so much evil?—What is art?—Confusion of opinions—Is it "that which produces beauty"?—The word "beauty" in Russian—Chaos in Æsthetics

Summary of various Æsthetic theories and definitions, from Baumgarten to to-day

Definitions of art founded on beauty—Taste not definable—A clear definition needed to enable us to recognize works of art

Definitions not founded on beauty—TolstoÏ's definition—The extent and necessity of art—How people in the past have distinguished good from bad in art

How art for pleasure has come into esteem—Religions indicate what is considered good and bad—Church Christianity—The Renaissance—Skepticism of the upper classes—They confound beauty with goodness

An Æsthetic theory framed to suit this view of life

Who have adopted it?—Real art needful for all men—Our art too expensive, too unintelligible, and too harmful for the masses—The theory of "the elect" in art

Perversion of our art—It has lost its natural subject-matter—Has no flow of fresh feeling—Transmits chiefly three base emotions

Loss of comprehensibility—Decadent art—Recent French art—Have we a right to say it is bad and that what we like is good art?—The highest art has always been comprehensible to normal people—What fails to infect normal people is not art

Counterfeits of art produced by: Borrowing; Imitating; Striking; Interesting—Qualifications needful for production of real works of art, and those sufficient for production of counterfeits

Causes of production of counterfeits—Professionalism—Criticism—Schools of art

Wagner's "Nibelung's Ring" a type of counterfeit art—Its success, and the reasons thereof

Truths fatal to preconceived views are not readily recognized—Proportion of works of art to counterfeits—Perversion of taste and incapacity to recognize art—Examples

The quality of art, considered apart from its subject-matter—The sign of art: Infectiousness—Incomprehensible to those whose taste is perverted—Conditions of infection: Individuality; Clearness; Sincerity

Results of absence of true art—Results of perversion of art: Labor and lives spent on what is useless and harmful—The abnormal life of the rich—Perplexity of children and plain folk—Confusion of right and wrong—Nietzsche and Redbeard—Superstition, Patriotism, and Sensuality

The purpose of human life is the brotherly union of man—Art must be guided by this perception

The art of the future not a possession of a select minority, but a means toward perfection and unity

The connection between science and art—The mendacious sciences; the trivial sciences—Science should deal with the great problems of human life, and serve as a basis for art