Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I: -- Rise and Conditions of the Philosophical Theory of the State -- Chapter II: -- Sociological Compared with Philosophical Theory. -- Chapter III: -- The Paradox of Political Obligation: Self-government. -- Chapter IV: -- The Problem of Political Obligation More Radically Treated. -- Chapter V: -- The Conception of a "Real" Will. -- Chapter VI: -- The Conception of Liberty, as Illustrated by the Foregoing Suggestions. -- Chapter VII: -- Psychological Illustration of the Idea of a Real or General Will. -- Chapter VIII: -- Nature of the End of the State and Consequent Limit of State Action. -- Chapter IX: -- Rousseau's Theory as Applied to the Modern State: Kant, Fichte, Hegel. -- Chapter X: -- The Analysis of a Modern State. Hegel's "Philosophy of Right." -- Chapter XI: -- Institutions Considered as Ethical Ideas. -- Notes.