ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND COSMISM 



fested in the world of phenomena is entirely- 

 ignored. It need hardly be added that it is 

 equally distinct from Atheism and Pantheism, 

 in which no place is left for a Cause distinct 

 from phenomena themselves. How shall we 

 characterize this terminal phase of the long pro- 

 cess of philosophic development which we have 

 just passed in rapid survey ? An answer will 

 be forthcoming if we pause to consider the 

 common characteristics of the theological phases 

 of thought which, in this terminal phase, are 

 assumed to be outgrown and superseded. Let 

 us premise that the word " Cosmos " is, by vir- 

 tue of its etymology and of strict scientific 

 usage, the antithetical correlative to the word 

 " Chaos." It denotes the entire phenomenal 

 universe ; it connotes the orderly uniformity of 

 nature, and the negation of miracle or extra- 

 neous disturbance of any kind. Now it is a 

 common characteristic of the theologico-meta- 

 physical phases of philosophy above passed in 

 review, that while they have sought to explain 

 the universe of phenomena, their explanations 

 have been not purely cosmic, but to a greater 

 or less extent anthropomorphic. Instead of 

 restricting themselves to the interpretation of 

 the uniformities of coexistence and sequence 

 discovered by science, they have had recourse 

 to unverifiable hypotheses concerning supernat- 

 ural beings and occult entities, and have thus 

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