THE LOGIC OF THE UNIVERSE 133 



Philosophy leads us up to personality as the 

 great central fact of the universe; and we 

 have seen that this is not mere individual 

 personality. Nor is it limited as the person 

 ality of country or species. However dimly 

 we may see it, it is a personality which in 

 cludes within itself our whole universe. If 

 we follow out the line of thought initiated by 

 Kant, and particularly the analysis of what is 

 implied in truth and duty, no other conclusion 

 is possible. 



But what, it may be asked, of the time 

 before conscious personality existed? This 

 question is similar to that relating to the 

 origin of life, and already discussed. We 

 know nothing of such a time ; and time and 

 matter themselves are but expressions of 

 personality. The logic of the universe is 

 the logic of personality, and cannot, as it 

 were, rise up against and destroy itself. It 

 is the business of philosophy or of religion 

 for there is no real distinction between 

 the two to free us from the various illu 

 sions through which such a thing appears to 

 be possible. 



These illusions seem to rise like spectres 



