Author : L. P. Jacks
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265153635
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (536 download)
Book Synopsis The Alchemy of Thought (Classic Reprint) by : L. P. Jacks
Download or read book The Alchemy of Thought (Classic Reprint) written by L. P. Jacks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Alchemy of Thought The following essays deal with the belief that logical system is only one among countless forms in the self expression of the universe. I have endeavoured to do justice to the claims of system; at the same time I have resisted these claims in so far as they threaten to usurp the whole field of human experience. To say that the universe is a Rational Whole appears to me true. But to treat this as an adequate account of Reality appears to me false. I am equally averse to regarding the rationality of the universe as the funda mental or all-inclusive or even the dominant form of its self-expression. What does form a Rational Whole and is adequately described by this term is the movement of thought throughout the ages - in a word, the History of Philo sophy. To equate this movement with the universe to which it refers, to make the History of Philosophy into a History of Reality, appears to me an error. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.