INDEX OF SUBJECTS 
Anarchism, 174-75 note 
Art: as function of life, 10; as thought 
form, 16 
Associations, purposive, 180 
Authority, character of, 96 
spatially exclusive, 145-46; triadic, 
133-35 
Guilds, character of, 200 
History, function of, 70 
Honor, as factor in group unity, 170 
Individual, the: place of, in social 
structure, 184-87; as a social being, 
83-84 
Inquiry: exact historical, 68-69; ex- 
act scientific, 68-69 
Institutions, 31 
Integration, social, 29 
Categories: of cognition, 5; of inter- 
action, 29; ultimate, ix 
Class formation: capital, 188-89; labor, 
187-88; merchants, 189; women, 
189-90 
Competition, 121-23 
Conciliation: of naturalism and his- 
toricism (Simmel), 5; of rationalism 
and empiricism (Kant), 5 
Conflict, sociological function of, 112- 
13 
Contest: games, 115; of factions, 119; 
of impersonal interests, 117-18; in- 
fluence of, on group structure, 124; 
legal, 116; termination of, 125 
Culture: definition of, 236-37; objec- 
tivation of, 238-39; tragedy of, 239 
Laws (historical): as anticipation of 
natural laws, 69; definition of, 64; 
dissolution of, 67; as forerunners of 
exact history, 66-68; illustration of, 
65; search for, 62; as self-sufficient 
inquiry, 69-70 
Liberty: historical aspect of, 219-20; 
individual, vi, 194-97; as influenced 
by social differentiation, 180 
Life: as creator of forms, 18; dialectic 
of, 20; as form, 20; as process, 20; 
self-transcendence of, 20; as subject 
to forms, 19 
Differentiation: 29; individual, 199; 
social, 177, 194-97 
Divide et tmpera, 134 
Metaphysics: function of, 11-18; as 
thought form, 12 
Metaphysics (social), function of, 56- 
58 
Method: philosophic, ix, 54; scientific, 
vii-viii, 55 
Monad, 129-31 
Money: and the extension of the 
teleological series, 233; and imper- 
sonal relations, 221-24; and indi- 
vidual differentiation, 207-8; and 
intelligence, 233; and the objectiva- 
tion of culture, 237-42; and posses- 
sion, 227; and professions, 230; and 
rationalism, 235; and social differ- 
entiation, 228-31; as the symbol of 
modern life, 242-51 
Morality, as factor in group unity, 169 
Family (modern), sociological function 
of, 204-5 
Feudalism, 100 
Group unity: 27-29, 79; function of 
honor in, 170; function of law in, 
169; function of special organs in, 
170~74; function of symbols in, 
167-69 
Groups: boundaries of, 147-50; dis- 
tance and proximity of, 153-55; 
dyadic, 132-33; large, 136; maxi- 
mum qualifications of, 142; mini- 
mum qualifications of, 142; mo- 
nadie, 129-31; movement of, 155-56; 
movement of members of, 156-58: