COSMIC PHILOSOPHY 



more in the network of absurdities from which 

 we were set free by the chapter on Anthropo- 

 morphic Theism. 



Thus we are gradually finding ourselves 

 obliged to regard the suggestion with which we 

 ended the chapter just mentioned as something 

 more than a mere random suggestion. Whether 

 it be true or not that within the bounds of the 

 phenomenal universe the highest type of exist- 

 ence is that which we know as Humanity, the 

 conclusion is in every way forced upon us that, 

 quite independently of limiting conditions in 

 space or time, there is a form of Being which 

 can neither be assimilated to Humanity nor to 

 any lower type of existence. We have no alter- 

 native, therefore, but to regard it as higher than 

 Humanity, even " as the heavens are higher 

 than the earth ; " and except for the intellectual 

 arrogance which the arguments of theologians 

 show lurking beneath their expressions of hu- 

 mility, there is no reason why this admission 

 should not be made unreservedly, without the 

 anthropomorphic qualifications by which its 

 effect is commonly nullified. The time is surely 

 coming when the slowness of men in accepting 

 such a conclusion will be marvelled at, and when 

 the very inadequacy of human language to ex- 

 press Divinity will be regarded as a reason for 

 deeper faith and more solemn adoration. 



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