VIII. 

 SPENCER'S "SOCIAL ORGANISM/' 



The crowning generalization of modern 

 thought is that which presents the Universe as 

 a unity, inter-related in all its parts. By it, 

 the defenders of dualism are discredited, and 

 their theological, metaphysical philosophy is 

 thrown aside. It is no longer God and Man, 

 nor even Man and God, but Man only, with 

 God an anthropomorphic shadow, related to 

 man not as his creator, but as created by him. 

 God and Man are not "two/' but in reality 

 "one." 



Modern science has reversed the order of 

 their appearance, and also the order of their 

 dependence. That which seemed to our prim- 

 itive ancestors a living reality, a separate and 

 independent being, proves, when submitted to 

 the tests of anthropology and psychology, to 

 have been a creature of their own dreams. 



And thus, as a result of scientific research 

 into the origin of dualism and the nature of 

 dreams, as Professor Clifford says: "The dim 

 and shadowy outline of the superhuman deity 

 fades slowly from before us; and as the mist 



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