GLOSSARY 



and negative forces, the credit for which is due 

 to the German idealist philosopher Hegel. 



HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, n,, a method of re- 

 search established by the socialist Karl Marx, 

 conceiving of human history as a dialectic 

 process based on economic changes. 



IDEALISM, n., a theory distinguished from idealist 

 monism by a vague conception of the functions 

 of the universe as supernatural, without a just 

 appreciation of its physical structure and de- 

 velopment. 



IDEALIST MONISM, n., a uniform conception of the 

 universe as a supernatural organism. 



MARXISM, n., the foundation of scientific socialism, 

 established by Karl Marx, based on his theories 

 of surplus-value, historical materialism, and 

 social evolution through class-struggles. 



MATERIALISM, n., a theory distinguished from ma- 

 terialist monism by a crude emphasis on the 

 physical structure of the universe, without a 

 just appreciation of its functions and develop- 

 ment 



MATERIALIST MONISM, n., a uniform conception 

 of the universe as a natural organism. 



METAPHYSICS, n., the science of the mental as dis- 

 tinguished from the physical life ; on account of 

 its historical origin, it is dualistic and opposed 

 to 'materialist monism, although it pretends to 

 be opposed to idealist speculation. 



MONISM, n., a uniform conception of the universe. 



PALAEONTOLOGY, n., the science of extinct ani- 

 mals. 



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