

similar, in some respects, to that which characterizes another in- 

 vestigation, viz., the religious inquiry, which philosophy must also 

 consider. For among the sciences the results of which an adequate 

 system of philosophy must synthesize is the science o religion. 

 And in the religious facts observed and classified and explained by 

 this science there are those which refer to that which is considered 

 divine, and this is, like the infinity of the universe in space and time, 

 as predicated by mathematician and physicist, usually considered 

 as transcendent to, though at the same time related to sense-ex- 

 perience. 



Because of such ultimate approaches among the different 

 sciences, natural and intellectual, the task of philosophy to con- 

 struct a system in which the operations and results of all the sciences 

 are coordinated is much facilitated. But such a system of philoso- 

 phy need never expect to be entirely final and ultimate, simply 

 because the sciences upon which it must be built should and no 

 doubt will develop. 



In conclusion, therefore, it may again be pointed out that the 

 aim of this thesis has been merely to indicate wherein philosophy 

 and the sciences are definitely related, and to base the claim for 

 such a relation upon an historical survey of both. To perform such 

 a synthesis as that wherein the task of philosophy has been found 

 to consist would be naturally a sequel to this thesis and lies beyond 

 its present limits. It is, however, here sufficient, finally, to affirm 

 that philosophy, if it be true to its task in the sense assigned, can 

 be neither stagnant, dogmatic, biassed nor eclectic, but must keep 

 pace with the scientific attainments in the intellectual development 

 of the race. 



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