COSMIC PHILOSOPHY 



manifest that the divisions between them are 

 not simply perfectly clear, but that the chasms 

 between them are absolute." Thus we arrive 

 at the following 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES 



Abstract Sciences, f 

 dealing with relations, that are \ 



Abstract-Concrete 

 Sciences, 

 dealing with properties, that 

 are manifested 



Concrete Sciences, 

 dealing with aggregates (with 

 their properties and rela- 

 tions), as actually exempli- 

 fied 



: ! 



qualitative; 



quantitative; 



in movements of mass- 1 

 es; ) 



in movements of mole- ~| 

 cules; and in aggrega- 

 tions of molecules that 

 are homogeneous; 



in aggregations of mole 

 cules that are hetero 

 geneous; 



in stellar and planetary 1 

 systems; J 



in the earth; 



in living organisms; 



in the functions which ~| 

 adjust organic actions I 

 to specific relations in | 

 the environment; J 



in the mutual relations ") 

 of living organisms I 

 grouped into commu- | 

 nities; 



Logic. 

 Mathematics. 



Molar Physics. 



Molecular 

 Physics. 



Chemistry. 



Astronomy. 



Geology. 

 Biology. 



Psychology. 



Sociology. 



It remains to add that each of the five con- 

 crete sciences may, for the purposes of our phi- 

 losophic synthesis, be advantageously regarded 

 as consisting of two portions. In the first place, 

 we have Astronomy — in the time-honoured 

 sense of the word — which deals with the mo- 

 tions of stellar and planetary masses in their 

 present state of moving equilibrium ; and As- 

 trogeny, as it is now frequently termed, which 



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