This contains a clearly stated vision of the purpose of philosophy, a vision which Stallknecht maintained and deepened throughout a lifetime of reflection. The sense in which creation can be seen as one of - if not the - fundamental questions of philosophy emerges from the historical background of ancient and modern philosophy. Bergson serves as the primary focus as far as sustained analysis of creation, but other contemporaries are discussed, and there is a substantial and precise treatment of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy of organism. It also discusses the function of creativity in the worlds of literature.