Translator's Note 



should compel the use of a terminology which some may 

 find obscure. 



' Psychism,' ' Dynamo-psychism,' ' Representation,' 

 ' Transformism,' are words of this kind, and are all 

 used to express ideas which, even when not absolutely 

 new, are strange to the unaccustomed ear. 



' Psychism ' is a word which is, or should be, well- 

 known; meaning the animating psychic energy which 

 is the subject-matter of psychology. 



' Dynamo-psychism ' is considered cumbrous, but 

 what other word is there that expresses a psychic energy 

 acting as forming and motive power ? It is of the very 

 essence of the theory put forward. 



' Representation ' in ordinary use, means the delinea- 

 tion of an actuality existing elsewhere : the philosophical 

 sense is the same, but the actuality is in the Unseen; 

 the representation is in, and by, Matter, Energy, or 

 Idea. It is used by Sir Wm. Hamilton (Logic\ by 

 G. H. Lewes, by Herbert Spencer, and by J. Ward 

 (Encycl. Brit.) in this way. 



' Transformism,' i.e. the doctrine of transforma- 

 bility of individuals or species, is used by Huxley. 

 (Crayfish) 



* Palingenesis ' is used in its correct meaning 

 (niXi, = again -f- 7&e<ni = production), a new or second 

 birth: the equivalent * reincarnation ' has been spoiled 

 by those who ignore the profound distinction between 

 the Person and the Self, and has been intentionally 

 avoided by the author. 



' Modality ' is used as it is by Caird, in the logical 

 sense of modes hypothetically necessary on the pre- 

 supposition of something else. The list might be 

 extended: but in every case where a word seems to 

 carry an unusual meaning, reference has been made to 

 standard authors for its justification. 



S. DE BRATH. 



WEYBRIDGE, February, 1920. 



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