COSMIC PHILOSOPHY 



tions, that in some way or other definitely cor- 

 respond to relations of likeness and unlikeness 

 among phenomena. Thus our intellectual pro- 

 gress is at bottom a process of adaptation. And 

 when treating of the Test of Truth (Part I., chap- 

 ter iii.), it was shown that Truth, the goal of in- 

 tellectual progress, is nothing else than the com- 

 plete adaptation of the order of conceptions to 

 the order of phenomena, — the establishment 

 of inner relations that are in equilibrium with 

 outer relations. Thus we obtain a veritable 

 law of intellectual progress — whereas to say 

 that men's conceptions pass from Anthropo- 

 morphism to Positivism is merely to enunciate 

 an empirical generalization, which, besides being 

 empirical, is also radically imperfect. 



The gradual change from a military to an in- 

 dustrial life must also seek its rational explana- 

 tion in the law of progress as above formulated. 

 The diminution of warfare and the concomitant 

 increase of devotion to industrial pursuits are en- 

 tailed by the growth of communities in size and 

 structure. Among the primitive tribal societies 

 there is no industrial life save that implied in 

 hunting and fishing, and at a somewhat later 

 date in the rearing of domestic animals. Settled 

 agricultural pursuits require \ a greater power 

 of continuous application and a more devel- 

 oped ability to subordinate present enjoyment 

 to the anticipation of future needs than is to be 

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