Abstract
IN Herr Sack's view all particular existences are modes of one spirit-substance—God. He calls this doctrine monism, and not pantheism, because he thinks the latter not incompatible with polytheism. Be this as it may, the distinguishing mark of his thesis is that it works to an Hegelian doctrine of being along the lines of a naturalistic theory of becoming that might satisfy Mr. Spencer. The result is a form of vitalism. The movement which is to be found in the inorganic world is not merely continuous with, but synonymous with life and consciousness. Matter is not only the revelation of spirit, but body and spirit are one and the same. His method, which consists simply in the assumption that human spirit is an analogon of the world-principle, will not bear this conclusion. And his superstructure is rather in the air.
Monistische Gottes- und Weltanschauung.
Von J. Sack. Pp. viii + 278. (Leipzig: Engelmann, 1899.)
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B., H. Monistische Gottes und Weltanschauung . Nature 62, 172–173 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062172c0
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