Reflections: Various Variations on Old Themes

I. Notes of a Young Man . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. More from the Notes of a Young Man . . . . . . . 31
III. Regarding a Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
IV. Whims and Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
V. The Magpie Thief A traditional Russian folk tale and title of a story.. A Tale. . . . . . . . . 109
VI. From the work of Doctor Krupov "On Mental Illnesses in General and on the Epidemic Development of the Same in Particular" . . . . . . . . 135
VII. New Variations on Old Themes . . . . . . . . . . 165
VIII. Several Remarks on the Historical Development of Honor . . 181
IX. Letters from "Avenue Marigny" A street in Paris. . . . . . . . . . . 203
X. Hoffmann Referring to E.T.A. Hoffmann, the German Romantic writer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
XI. Dilettantism in Science and Romantic Dilettantes . . 285
XII. The Guild of Scientists and Buddhism in Science . . 323