Translator's Preface
Prologue by Julian Marias
Introduction
Part I. A Textual Exposition of Ortega's Critique of Idealism
1. A Conceptual Introduction to Oretega's Critique of Idealism
2. Ortega's Straightforward Critique of Idealism Properly So Called
3. Ortega's Critique of Phenomenological Philosophy as the Most Recent Historical Form of Idealism
Part II. Ortega's Overcoming of Idealism, Toward the System of Life Categories
4. The Categories of Life
1. The "Absolute Event"
2. Encounter
3. Actuality
4. Presence
5. The Act of Becoming
A. Complexity
B. Presence as Instancy
6. Possibility and Freedom
7. The Circum-stance
8. The Situation
9. Vocation
10. Project and Projectiveness
A. Anticipating My Actions
B. The Valuing of a Project or of the Doings Pertinent Thereto
C. Deciding About, or Choosing, a Particular Project as "My Own" Among Those That Are Possible
D. Inventing, "in Some Measure or Other," My Own Project
E. My Having to Take into Account My Circum-stance and Vocation, or the Factors at Work in My Personal Destiny, for the Sake of Inventing My Project
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index