ABSTRACT

The reader has probably been bewildered, or at least surprised, in following the author's discussion of the Philosophy of politics to find no examination of, or even reference to, so conspicuous a doctrine as liberalism, which has had, in the last two centuries, and still has so much importance in European history. In reality, in it is reflected all the philosophy and religion of modern times, centred in idea of dialectics, that is, of development which, by means of variety and conflict of the spiritual forces, continuously enriches and ennobles life and imprints upon it's unique and complete meaning. If the transcendental and. authoritarian doctrine finds its clear and logical formula in religious transcendence, it has also full right to lay claim to all authoritarian theories of political and moral life, and to the tendencies that go with them, theories which at first sight appear free of any reference to the world beyond and even deny and ridicule it.