COSMIC PHILOSOPHY 



having reached the primeval nebula, begin our 

 journey backwards. 



Our position is explained by the considera- 

 tion that all the synthetic concrete sciences are 

 but adjacent tracts of one general science, — 

 Cosmology. " Practically, however, they are 

 distinguishable as successively more specialized 

 parts of the total science — parts further spe- 

 cialized by the introduction of additional fac- 

 tors. The astronomy of the solar system is a 

 specialized part of that general astronomy which 

 includes our wKole sidereal system ; and be- 

 comes specialized by taking into account the 

 revolutions and rotations of planets and satel- 

 lites. Geology is a specialized part of this special 

 astronomy ; and becomes speciahzed by join- 

 ing, with the effects of the earth's molar motions, 

 the effects of continuous decrease in its internal 

 molecular motion, and the effects of the molec- 

 ular motion radiated from the sun. Biology 

 is a specialized part of geology, deahng with 

 peculiar aggregates of peculiar chemical com- 

 pounds formed of the earth's superficial ele- 

 ments — aggregates which, while exposed to 

 these same general forces, molar and molecular, 

 also exert certain general actions and reactions 

 on one another. And psychology is a special- 

 ized part of biology, limited in its application 

 to a higher division of these peculiar aggregates, 

 and occupying itself exclusively with those spe- 



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