CHAPTER VII 



SCIENCE AND RELIGION 



"Have a glimpse of incomprehensibles; and 

 thoughts of things which thoughts but tenderly 

 touch. Lodge immaterials in thy head; ascend 

 into invisibles; fill thy spirit with spirituals, 

 with the mysteries of faith, the magnalities of 

 religion, and thy life with the honour of God.'* 

 SIR THOMAS BROWNE. 



The Aim of Science and the Attitude of Religion From 

 Practical Problems to Religion From Emotional Strain 

 to Religion From the Riddles of the Universe to Religion 

 The Voices of Nature The Conflict between Science 

 and Religion Herbert Spencer's Position Contributions 

 of Science to Religion Summary. 



MUCH has been written on the relations be- 

 tween Science and Religion, and the history of 

 the so-called conflict between them is long. What 

 we propose to do in this short chapter is to explain 

 a certain point of view which appears to us to 

 make for clearness of thought. Our view is that 

 Science and Religion are incommensurables, that 

 there is no true antithesis between them. Let 

 us explain. 



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