tion of the solid meanings and values contained in actual in- stitutions and arts. It is an invitation to the human subject to devote himself to the mastery of what is already contained in the here and now of life and the world, instead of hunting for some remote ideal and repining because it cannot be found in existence. In form, however, the old tradition remains intact. The validity of these meanings and values, their "absolute" character, is proved by their being shown to be manifestations of the absolute spirit according to anecessary and demonstrative logical development: even though Hegel had to create anew logic to establish the identity of meaning and being.