Involution one half the process,425;
defined,440
Express train, "nominal" destination,
216
Fairbanks, Prof.,
20
"Falling in love" not recognized,
102
Family life: false registration checks affection,
107
Far East
: quotation from, adaptation of foreign systems,
208
Farmer, higher rank than merchant,
257
(note)
Fate: "Ingwa," in development of personality,
386
Feudal times: moderation,
118
;
courage cultivated,153,154;
trade,284
Fickleness: its manifestation,
159
;
a modern trait,160;
shown chiefly in methods,160;
among Christians, apparent not real,161
Filial obedience: extreme application,
263
;
piety, moral ideal,249;
piety and religion,322
Fiske,
22
Flexibility of mental constitution,
77
-78
Flowering trees,
171
Forty-seven Ronin,
89
,
250
Freedom: relation of belief to the fact,
387
Fukuzawa, Mr., on monogamy,
109
,
112
;
condemning concubinage,279;
on religion,287
Furniture; recent introduction,
181
Future life: Shinto, Confucian,
318
;
Buddhistic,319
"Geisha," dancing girl, vivacity,
168
Generalization, capacity for,
220
;
use of philosophical terms,221
Giddings, Prof.,
19
,
22
"Go-between," illustrations,
210
;
advantages,211
God: Greek, Buddhist, Christian,
399
;
conceptions compared,400
Governmental initiative: explains rapid reforms,
201
Gratitude: religious sentiment,
323
;
ingratitude shown324
Greek universe characterized,
400
Green, T.H.,
397
(note)
Greene, Dr. D.C., teaching of Shinto sect,
269
Griffis, W.E., on suicide,
155
;
on religions,315
Gubbins, introduction to translation of New Civil Code of Japan,
86
;
on woman's position,268
Harris, Townsend, quoted,
132
;
regulation by authority,204;
as to untruthfulness,256
Hawaii, musical development,
185
Head, size of,
190
Hearn, Mr. Lafcadio,
16
,
17
,
68
;
mistaken contention,263;
privacy,275;
gratitude,323
Hegel,
345
; "Nothing" and Universal Soul of Buddhism,
383
(note)
Heredity: social and physiological contrasted,
21
;
defined and analyzed,439
Heroes and hero-worship,
89
-95;
"The forty-seven Ronin" as heroes,89;
craving for modern heroes,90-92;
Omi Sajin,93;
Dr. Neesima,375
Hirase, Mr., scientist,
207
History, research suppressed,
205
;
its claims,206;
apparent credulity of scholars due to social system,207
"Holy towels," physical disease,
314
Honesty: decline of,
280
;
explanation,282
"Honorifics," shades of courtesy,
179
;
indefiniteness of speech,211
Houses, privacy impossible,
273
Housewife, simple requirements,
181
Idealizing tendency,
94
,
236
Idols, imported feature of Japanese religion,
174
Ikeno, Mr., scientific discovery,
207
Illusion,
398
Imagination: is it lacking?
233
;
shown in etiquette, political life, ambition, self-conceit, etc.,235;
seen in optimism,240;
related to fancy,—caricature,241;
not disproved by imitation,242;
sociological explanation,243;
constructive,246;
suppression of,246
Imitation in Japanese progress,
78
-81;
creditable characteristic,196
Immorality, increase of,
261
Impassiveness, "putty-face,"
164
Imperial and popular sovereignty, conflict between,
152
-153
Imperial Edict,
328
Imperialists during the Shogunate,
146
Imperial succession of Oriental type,
150
"Impersonality": Hegel,
345
:
definitions contradictory,347,348;
related, to art,351;
family life,352;
divorce,352;
"falling in love,"354;
definition,359,360;
outcome of social order,361;
not proved by courtesy of people,362,363,
nor by lack of personal pronouns,368;
arguments against,377;
diverse elements analyzed,381;
objection to term,385
"Impersonality" and altruism,
365
Impractical idealism: claimed by Japanese,
236
;
illustrations,237,238
"In," and "Yo," significance of,
221
India and Japan contrasted,
32
-34
Indirectness,
210
Individual, small value,
258
Individualism: expressed,
245
,
246
;
changing social order and honesty,282;
importance of,334;
how possible,335;
defined,361;
easy acceptance explained,413