COSMIC PHILOSOPHY 



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, ex- 

 pressed in terms of matter and motion, is found 

 to include the order of sequence of psychical phe- 

 nomena : we must now attempt to clear away 

 the difficulties which, to many minds, no doubt 

 cluster around the seeming paradox. We have 

 also hinted that beside the sphere to be assigned 

 to Morality, there is a wider sphere to be as- 

 signed to Religion : ^ it behooves us now to show 

 what are the general functions of religion, in ac- 

 cordance with our fundamental view of Life as 

 an adjustment between inner and outer relations. 

 And after having done what we can to elucidate 

 these points, we must conclude by describing 

 the critical attitude which our Cosmic Philoso- 

 phy occupies with reference to other systems of 

 belief and other principles of action. 



The central problem, which must first oc- 

 cupy us, and the decision of which will affect 

 the treatment of all the others, is the problem 

 of Theism. What kind of theism is it which is 

 compatible with the conclusions reached in the 

 second part of this work concerning the past and 

 present states of the universe? In discussing 

 this question we shall presently find that the 

 phase of theism which has until quite recently 



^ See vol. ii. pp. 124, 334 ; vol. iii. pp. 116, 238. 

 ^ See above, pp. 153, 154. 



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