1. We have been led by the idealistic argument to
recognize the necessity of a Mind which _thinks_ the
world. Insufficiency of this view.
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2. In our experiences of external Nature we meet with
nothing but succession, never with Causality. The
Uniformity of Nature is a postulate of Physical
Science, not a necessity of thought. The idea of
Causality derived from our consciousness of Volition.
Causality=Activity, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3. If events must have a cause, and we know of no cause
but Will, it is reasonable to infer that the events
which _we_ do not cause must be caused by some other
Will; and the systematic unity of Nature implies that
this cause must be _One_ Will, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4. Moreover, the analogy of the human mind suggests the
probability that, if God is Mind, there must be in
Him, as in us, the three activities of Thought,
Feeling, and Will, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5. The above line of argument can be used by the Realist
who believes matter to be a thing-in-itself; but it
fits in much better with the Idealistic view of the
relations between mind and matter, and with the
tendency of modern physics to resolve matter into Force, . 48
6. Testimony of Spencer and Kant to the theory that the
Ultimate Reality is Will, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51