John Fiske's Writings.
MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS: Old Tales and Superstitionsinterpreted by Comparative Mythology. 12mo,$2.00.
OUTLINES OF COSMIC PHILOSOPHY. Based onthe Doctrines of Evolution, with Criticisms on the PositivePhilosophy. In two volumes, 8vo, $6.00.
THE UNSEEN WORLD, and other Essays. 12mo,$2.00.
EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST. 12mo,$2.00.
DARWINISM, and other Essays. 12mo, $2.00.
THE DESTINY OF MAN, viewed in the Light of HisOrigin. 16mo, $1.00.
THE IDEA OF GOD, as affected by Modern Knowledge.A Sequel to "The Destiny of Man." 16mo, $1.00.
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AMERICAN POLITICAL IDEAS, viewed from theStand-point of Universal History. 12mo, $1.00. Harper& Brothers, New York.
THE IDEA OF GOD AS AFFECTED
BY MODERN KNOWLEDGE
By JOHN FISKE
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1886
Copyright, 1885,
By JOHN FISKE.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge:
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
To
MY WIFE,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE SWEET SUNDAY MORNING
UNDER THE APPLE-TREE ON THE HILLSIDE,
WHEN WE TWO SAT LOOKING DOWN INTO FAIRY WOODLAND PATHS,
AND TALKED OF THE THINGS
SINCE WRITTEN IN THIS LITTLE BOOK,
I now dedicate it.
Ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον οὐχ ὑπάρχειμοι' ὂ δὲ ἒχω, τοὔτό σοι δίδωμι.
PREFACE.
When asked to give a second addressbefore the Concord Schoolof Philosophy, I gladly acceptedthe invitation, as affording a proper occasionfor saying certain things which I hadfor some time wished to say about theism.My address was designed to introduce thediscussion of the question whether pantheismis the legitimate outcome of modernscience. It seemed to me that theobject might best be attained by p