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take its place ) preserving all its treasures won, 

 which are many, including just this Aristotle. 

 But let it be also emphasized that Science is 

 not the new discipline, for Science too has 

 shown its limitation, and indeed is calling for 

 something more universal than itself. Such a 

 dawning discipline of thought which can me- 

 diate the fierce dualism between Science and 

 Philosophy (and we may include Religion) is 

 the new Psychology. 



It is evident, however, that Aristotle, who 

 is placed here at the beginning, may also be 

 regarded as a kind of ideal end toward which 

 both Science and Philosophy are striving. 

 Thus he is himself an illustration of his own 

 doctrine, that the end lies in the beginning, is 

 what essentially determines the same, espe- 

 cially in the sphere of Nature, and often re- 

 turns to the same, as may be noted in Gener- 

 ation. 



The first fact regarding Aristotle in the 

 present connection is that he had already the 

 general conception of Evolution. Again and 

 again he speaks of the ascent of Nature 

 through various stages from lowest to high- 

 est. To be sure, this conception was not 

 wrought out by him to completion; it was a 

 germinal idea for whose realization thousands 

 of years were required. Still he gave utter- 

 ance to the idea. 



