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THE venue of Dr. Heysinger's elaborate though very readable work is the debatable land where three rival powers meet—religion, philosophy, and science. He shows very clearly that these three explainers are to some extent merging; the sharp distinctions are vanishing. Religion is freeing itself from rigid metaphysical dogmas, philosophy is becoming more concrete, and science is becoming more philosophical—is recognising that it cannot provide ultimate explanations of anything. The hope of the future is in a spiritual interpretation of the universe. This interpretation is being forced upon us as the only possible one by the recent advances in psychology and psychical research.
Spirit and Matter before the Bar of Modern Science.
By Dr. Isaac W. Heysinger. Pp. xxviii + 433. (London: T. Werner Laurie, 1910.) Price 15s. net.
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H., J. Spirit and Matter before the Bar of Modern Science . Nature 84, 36 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084036a0
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