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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

bias, is often times the very life of philosophy. It is the philosopher's duty to develop his temperamental insight to the full. Philosophers still differ so radically that there are no competent. If there were such a body, it would need a critic of its methods and results, who would himself stand in need of a moderator. And so to the end of time a larger criterion would be needed than the mere consensus of the competent.

At the same time it is worth while to follow this method as far as possible, as thus succinctly stated by Dr. Abbot, in his address before the World's Parliament of Religions:

"(1) Individual observation of facts; (2) individual hypothesis to explain them; (3) individual verification of this hypothesis by fresh observation; (4) universal observation through publication of the individual's results; (5) universal hypothesis through modification of these results by criticism; (6) universal verification of the modified hypothesis attested by the consensus of the competent."

Recently, a sect has appeared in America which assumes that the metaphysical point of view is synonymous with its practical doctrine,—the philosophy of mental healing. And so the term "new metaphysics" has come colloquially to mean simply a system of therapeutics and practical idealism. This is obviously an inaccurate use of terms. All practical idealism is of course included in the metaphysical world, but all the data of the wide universe are also included. To select a specific application

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