From the Unconscious to the Conscious 



creative immanence, but that these do not necessarily 

 proceed from a deliberately willed design, because 

 consciousness does not appear as a primordial attribute 

 of Unity. 



The One, the Real, as opposed to the many and the 

 illusory, is the divine principle of the religions of 

 India. It is the single principle of pantheism and 

 Monism. It is the * Idea ' of Plato, the ' Active 

 Intellect ' of Averroes, the Natura naturans ' of Spinoza, 

 the * Thing in Itself of Kant; it is the ' Will ' as under- 

 stood by Schopenhauer, and it is the * Unconscious ' 

 of von Hartmann. 



I. SCHOPENHAUER S DEMONSTRATION 



Until modern times this great concept rested on 

 intuition alone. It was of a metaphysical nature, and 

 was consequently enmeshed in obscurities and contra- 

 dictions. 



Only in our own day has it been more and more 

 conformed to facts and has entered into the domain of 

 scientific philosophy. It adapts itself to facts so well, 

 that it is doubtless destined to reconcile the genius of 

 the East and the West; to bring the highest truths 

 within our reach; and to be the foundation and the 

 framework of a structure both scientific and philo- 

 sophical which will extend its shelter to all aspirations 

 and ideals. 



Schopenhauer has the high merit of being the first 

 who sought to adapt this system to facts. No doubt his 

 system contains serious errors, referable to the insuffi- 

 cient biological and psychological data at his disposal; 

 but by the clarity and precision of his mind and by the 

 depth of his genius, his work deserves to be taken as 

 the point of departure for every modern study on the 

 nature of things. 



