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RELIGION AND SCIENCE

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RELIGION AND SCIENCE

FROM GALILEO TO BERGSON

BY

JOHN CHARLTON HARDWICK

"Philosophy will always be hard, and what it promises even in the end isno clear theory nor any complete understanding or vision. But itscertain reward is a continual evidence and a heightened apprehension ofthe ineffable mystery of life, of life in all its complexity and all itsunity and worth."

F. H. Bradley, Essays in Truth and Reality, p. 106.

LONDON

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.

1920

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TO

MY FATHER

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PREFACE

The chapters which follow are not intended as even a slight sketch ofthe history of Thought since the Renaissance. Their object is moremodest, i.e. to illustrate the thesis that mankind, being "incurablyreligious," insists (however hopeless the enterprise may sometimes seem)upon interpreting the universe spiritually.

Thus it is quite natural that only a few typical names should find theirplaces here: and often no sufficient reason may appear for one beingincluded rather than another. For instance, in the tenth chapter, T. H.Green, F. H. Bradley, and A. J. Balfour are mentioned, while Martineauand the Cairds are passed over. Needless to say, there was no doctrinalprejudice here. Again, in the fourth chapter, Pascal is dealt with atsome length, but Boehme, an equally important thinker, is ignored. Andso on.

I should like to acknowledge here my obligation to Dr. Mercer, Canon ofChester, for his advice upon books, especially with regard to materialfor the final chapters. Also to the Rev. H. D. A. Major, Principal ofRipon Hall, for suggestions about the general plan of the book; and tothe Rev. E. Harvey (a mathematical graduate of Trinity College, Dublin,at present studying medicine) for valuable information about the presentposition of psychic research.

J. C. H.

Altringham, March 23rd, 1920.

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