Introduction

1-9

The human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften)

10-32

History as mankind's memory

33-54

Dilthey's hermeneutic approach to history

55-79

Dilthey's philosophy of world-views (Weltanschauungslehre)

80-109

The melody of life

Dilthey on the meaning of history

110-131

Personality structure and development

the key to Dilthey's conception of history and culture

132-162

Structure, development, and progress

Dilthey's views on the concrete course of history

163-192

Dilthey's importance for the future study of history and culture

193-195