LIFE AND MATTER 



CHAPTER 1 



MONISM 



In his recent Presidential Address before 

 the British Association, at Cambridge, Mr 

 Balfour rather emphasised the existence and 

 even the desirability of a barrier between 

 Science and Philosophy which recent 

 advances have tended to minimise though 

 never to obliterate. He appeared to hint 

 that it is best for scientific men not to 

 attempt to philosophise, but to restrict 

 themselves to their own domain ; though, on 

 the other hand, he did not appear to wish 

 similarly to limit philosophers, by recom- 

 mending that they should keep themselves 

 unacquainted with scientific facts, and 



