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to its own laws, builds up slowly from generation to- 

 generation the vast, complicated, orderly, and impos- 

 ing edifice of knowledge. At every stage in the 

 reach of human progress that something is seen in 

 exercise ; it is not in process of being evolved : on 

 the contrary, it is that which is continually evolving, 

 out of the raw material of experience, the marvels of 

 disciplined thought. 



When we enter the world of mind we know our- 

 selves in a realm which dynamic principles do not 

 rule; we see another system of laws in operation. 

 Man is not a ripple on the stream of cosmic mutation r 

 he derives his origin from another source. 



SECTION VI. 

 SELF AND NOT- SELF 



What account does the evolution philosopy give of 

 the fundamental cognition of self as contrasted with 

 not-self? How does this essential element of ex- 

 perience arise as a product in the course of cosmic 

 change ? It will not suffice to say : the origin of this 

 essential characteristic of thought is inscrutable it 

 has emerged out of the unknowable ; for that is to 

 affirm that so far as knowledge reaches consciousness 

 of self is not a part of the evolving process is not an 

 integral part of the totality of the universe as it passes 

 from stage to stage continuously, in an unbroken 

 evolution. 



