214 THE WORLD-ENERGY 



its own infinite substance, the spontaneous, eternal pro- 

 cess of balanced evolution and involution. 



It is the absolutely persistent force or self-conserved 

 Energy in which all modes of force are realiz'ed and per- 

 fectly correlated. Whence the " dissipation of energy/' 

 in the sense of an ultimately "dead universe" as the 

 outcome, is impossible. 



