CHAPTER III. 

 THREE IDEALS. 



r 1 ""HERE are thus, as we have seen, now struggling 

 for supremacy THREE DISTINCT IDEALS, three dis- 

 tinct socio-political systems, and two are mixed up and 

 blended in the great movement which has been described 

 as reviving paganism. 



That great modern movement has been and is so power- 

 ful because it is invigorated by the temporary union of 

 these two essentially divergent and conflicting tendencies 

 of ideals. 



(i.) The first of these is the mainly unconscious and 

 partly conscious real pagan revival and revolt against 

 God, PAGANISM. 



(2.) The other is the spirit of freedom, the assertion of 

 natural right, and revolt against the domination of man 

 (merely as man) over his fellow, CIVICISM. 



Besides these there is also that with which the pagan 

 revival has conflicted and conflicts, namely : 



(3.) The tendency to preserve, or more or less bring 

 back, the mediaeval Christian theocracy, MEDIEVALISM. 



These three tendencies are actually mixed up in the 

 most complex manner in modern, social,, and political 

 struggles, as we shall shortly see. 



