SCIENTIFIC VITALISM 



from the production of music in which purely phys- 

 ical factors are concerned; the laws of harmonics 

 account for all; but back of all is something that is 

 not mechanical and chemical — there is the mind 

 of the composer, and the performers, and the audi- 

 tors, and something that takes cognizance of the 

 whole effect. A complete human philosophy cannot 

 be built upon physical science alone. He thinks the 

 evolution of life from inert matter is of the same 

 type as the evolution of one form of matter from an- 

 other, or the evolution of one form of energy from 

 another — a mystery, to be sure, but little more 

 startling in the one case than in the other. "The 

 fundamental mystery lies in the existence of those 

 entities, or things, which we call matter and energy," 

 out of the play and interaction of which all life phe- 

 nomena have arisen. Organic evolution is a series 

 of energy exchanges and transformations from lower 

 to higher, but science is powerless to go behind the 

 phenomena presented and name or verify the un- 

 derlying mystery. Only philosophy can do this. 

 And Professor Moore turns philosopher when he 

 says there is beauty and design in it all, "and an 

 eternal purpose which is ever progressing." 



Bergson sets forth his views of evolution in terms 

 of literature and philosophy. Professor Moore em- 

 bodies similar views in his volume, set forth in terms 

 of molecular science. Both make evolution a crea- 

 tive and a continuous process. Bergson lays the 



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