DISCUSSION 179 



No. 11, March 17th, 1907) printed an article 

 by Dr. R. Salinger, entitled Monismus und 

 Dualismus in erkenntnis-theoretischer Beleuch- 

 tung (A Critical and Theoretical Examination 

 of Monism and Dualism). The writer ex- 

 presses his regret that practically no reference 

 was made to philosophy during the discussion 

 of my lectures. In order to supply the omission, 

 and at the same time to overthrow Wasmann's 

 reasoning in support of a Creator, Dr. Salinger 

 presents his readers with the following ' little 

 anecdote ' : ' A little girl of about six years 

 of age was taking a walk one evening in the 

 country with her mother. The sun was just 

 setting, and was lighting up all the marvels of 

 nature with its crimson and purple rays. Like 

 other children who are eager for knowledge, 

 the intelligent little girl was asking questions 

 about the flowers in the fields, the clouds in 

 the sky, and the animals in the forest; and, 

 above all, she was anxious to know who had 

 made everything that she saw. " Almighty 

 God made it," was the invariable answer given 

 by the mother to the child's questions. For a 

 time this stereotyped formula satisfied the 

 child, but then she asked with naive sim- 

 plicity : " And who made Almighty God ? " 

 It would seem that in asking this question 

 the little girl showed a more genuinely philo- 

 sophic spirit than Father Wasmann and his 



