Education and the Philosophical Ideal
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Psychology of Religion, New Age, New Thought
| Author: | Horatio W. Dresser | ISBN: | 9783849642365 |
| Publisher: | Jazzybee Verlag | Publication: | January 14, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Horatio W. Dresser |
| ISBN: | 9783849642365 |
| Publisher: | Jazzybee Verlag |
| Publication: | January 14, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Mr. Dresser is deeply impressed with the fact that "the transition period in which we live is witnessing a noteworthy change of attitude in regard to that persistently fascinating thing which we call human life.'' He finds that "instead of the old theory of a divine providence and a disjointed world, torn asunder by a persistently threatening adversary, we now have as a practical faith the knowledge which modern science has so long and so nobly inculcated, the knowledge that the world-process is a unit". Various causes, he thinks, have contributed to this changed point of view. Amongst others, "Philosophy had long ago prepared the way for belief in this unity of the world-process." It was "modern science," however, "which supplied the evidence or proof, by showing that all forces are so many diverse forms of one ultimate energy" ...
Mr. Dresser is deeply impressed with the fact that "the transition period in which we live is witnessing a noteworthy change of attitude in regard to that persistently fascinating thing which we call human life.'' He finds that "instead of the old theory of a divine providence and a disjointed world, torn asunder by a persistently threatening adversary, we now have as a practical faith the knowledge which modern science has so long and so nobly inculcated, the knowledge that the world-process is a unit". Various causes, he thinks, have contributed to this changed point of view. Amongst others, "Philosophy had long ago prepared the way for belief in this unity of the world-process." It was "modern science," however, "which supplied the evidence or proof, by showing that all forces are so many diverse forms of one ultimate energy" ...
