INTRODUCTION 



In chapter i. of Part III., "The Question 

 Restated/' Fiske declares that these " questions 

 concerning God and the Soul, which the Positive 

 philosophy simply set aside as unworthy the at- 

 tention of scientific thinkers, nevertheless can- 

 not be ignored by any philosophy which seeks 

 to bring about a harmony between human know- 

 ledge and human aspiration." Fiske hereupon 

 confesses himself " unable to settle such ques- 

 tions as scientific questions are settled." He 

 proposes, however, to " go as far as is possible 

 without deserting the objective method, and in- 

 dicate the position which we occupy with refer- 

 ence to them." Hereupon, decidedly altering 

 at once the phraseology of his master, Fiske de- 

 clares that the power which is manifested in the 

 universe is " a Divine Power," and that this is 

 intended to be a"Theistic conclusion." He con- 

 nects with this assertion the remark that since 

 "at every fitting opportunity " he has " declared 

 that the phenomena of mind can in no wise be 

 explained as movements of matter, while at the 

 same time a law of evolution expressed in terms 

 of matter and motion is found to include the 

 order of sequence of psychical phenomena," he 

 must " attempt to clear away the difficulties 

 which to many minds no doubt cluster around 

 the seeming paradox." He then points out 

 that, as he has already indicated in connection 

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