CONTENTS

Editorial Note XIII Preface 1 1 Infinity and Possibility 7 2 Possibles and Compossibles 13 3 Being and Non-Being 20 4 Foundation of the Theory of the Multiple States 26 5 Relationships of Unity and Multiplicity 31 6 Analogous Considerations drawn from the Study of the Dream State 35 7 The Possibilities of Individual Consciousness 41 8 Mentality as the Characteristic Element of Human Individuality 47 9 The Hierarchy of Individual Faculties 53 10 The Limits of the Indefinite 57 11 Principles of Distinction between the States of Being 61 12 The Two Chaoses 66 13 The Spiritual Hierarchies 69 14 Reply to Objections drawn from the Plurality of Beings 74 15 The Realization of the Being through Knowledge 77 16 Knowledge and Consciousness 81 17 Necessity and Contingency 86 18 The Metaphysical Notion of Freedom 90 Index 97