74 THE WORLD-ENERGY 



shall we omit to look carefully for such proof as we 

 proceed. 



For the present, however, we must leave the question 

 in abeyance. Change unquestionably does take place in 

 the extended world which constitutes the object or sum of 

 objects of our perceptions, however these changes may be 

 ultimately accounted for. What has thus far been proven 

 is that the truth of the extended world is force, which in 

 turn is a complex of mutually inclusive, everywhere inter- 

 penetrating, attractions and repulsions. What is proven 

 is, that the world is so constituted. What remains to be 

 shown in this connection is, how such balance of forces 

 can result in an active universe. 



What follows will, it is believed, be seen to join on 

 naturally to the already completed portion of proof, and 

 furnish an important stage in the movement leading up 

 to the more adequate developments of the argument. 



It has already been shown that increase in the number 

 of atoms or radiant centers, within a given compass, must 

 increase the complexity of lines of relation between those 

 centers. From this it is to be inferred that with the 

 advancing concentration of matter in any given locality 

 from any cause, there could not fail to be increased 

 intricacy of interpenetration of the indefinitely extended 

 dynamical spheres. 



But increased complexity of dynamical relations can 

 only be manifested as increased complexity of material 

 characteristics. On the contrary, the more widely sep- 

 arated the radiant centers are, the less intricate and 

 less tense must be the dynamical relations, and hence 

 also the less must be the complexity of material char- 

 acteristics. 



