Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

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IV. On the Origin of Evil in Human Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
    General Remark. On the Restoration of the Original Predisposition to Good to its Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Second Part. On the Conflict of the Good Principle with the Evil for Dominion over Mankind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
    Section 1. On the Legal Claim of the Good Principle to Dominion over Mankind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
        a) The Personified Idea of the Good Principle p. 66. — b) The Objective Reality of this Idea p. 68. — c) Difficulties against the Objective Reality of this Idea and their Resolution p. 73.
    Section 2. On the Legal Claim of the Evil Principle and the Conflict of both Principles with one another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
    General Remark. (On Miracles.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Third Part. The Victory of the Good Principle over the Evil and the Founding of a Kingdom of God on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
    Division 1. Philosophical Representation of the Victory of the Good Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
        I. On the Ethical State of Nature original: "ethischen Naturzustande"; refers to a condition where humans are not yet bound by shared moral laws in a community p. 108.
        II. Man should depart from the Ethical State of Nature in order to become a member of an Ethical Commonwealth original: "ethischen gemeinen Wesens" p. 110.
        III. The Concept of an Ethical Commonwealth is the Concept of a People of God under Ethical Laws p. 112.
        IV. The Idea of a People of God is not to be realized except in the form of a Church p. 114.
        V. The Constitution of every Church proceeds from a Historical (Revealed) Faith p. 117.
        VI. Church Faith has as its highest interpreter the Pure Religious Faith p. 125.
        VII. The gradual transition of Church Faith to the sole sovereignty of Pure Religious Faith is the approach of the Kingdom of God p. 132.