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world can originate in him, we are forced to assume 

 that he in his turn must have been created. 1 This 

 leads us on to the creation of this creator, and so we 

 may go on for ever.' 



In my second lecture I explained that only 

 an infinitely perfect Being could contain in him- 

 self the reason of his existence, and consequently 

 be eternal. Matter with its many limitations 

 has not in itself even the reason for its motion, 

 far less that for its existence, and so I argued 

 that it must have been created by God, who 

 alone has in Himself the reason for His existence. 

 Nevertheless Dr. Plotz asks quite seriously 

 in the midst of the discussion, 'Who created the 

 Creator ? ' 



I wish to draw attention to the fact that this 

 argument was put forward by a representative 

 of modern German science, the editor of the 

 Archiv fur Rassen- und Gesellschaftsbiologie, 

 and that it was uttered in the metropolis of 

 German culture, at a scientific discussion held 

 in the presence of two thousand people belong- 

 ing to the 'Nation of Thinkers.' This may 

 well give us ground for reflection ! 



As a sequel to my Berlin lectures, the Vos- 

 sische Zeitung (No. 129, Sunday supplement, 



1 The reader must notice that Dr. Plotz calls the creator an organism, 

 an anthropomorphic expression resting upon an absolute ignorance of the 

 theistic conception of God. For the correct statement of the theistic view 

 see Lecture n. p. 26, etc. 



