Abstract
THE author of this book states his personal interpretation of cosmic and human evolution, which he considers from a philosophical and theological point of view. There has been material and spiritual progress from the simplest forms towards those of ever-increasing complexity, and the author interprets this as a continued expression of the Logos. He illustrates this by a fundamental diagram which he calls the “Logos-mirror.” He has hold of the sound idea that scientific and intuitive interpretations must be regarded as complementary, not as antithetic, but his own personal equation bulks so large that it is difficult for the reader to get alongside of him. As it seems to us, Mr. Kirk intermingles different “universes of discourse “in a manner which is always unprofitable, as when he seeks to show that various fundamental doctrines of theology are expressions of fundamental laws of nature.
Evolution, Life, and Religion: a Study.
By the Rev. E. B. Kirk. Pp. 321. (Glasgow: John Smith and Son, Ltd.; London: James Clarke and Co., n.d.) Price 5s. net.
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Evolution, Life, and Religion: a Study . Nature 88, 208–209 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088208b0
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