The Open Court An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Science of Religion, The Religion of Science Science is slowly but surely transforming the world. Science is knowledge verified; it is Truth proved; and Truth will always conquer in the end. The power of Science is irresistible. Science is the still small voice; it is not profane, it is sacred; it is not human, it is superhuman; Science is a divine revelation. Convinced of the religious significance of Science, The Open Court believes that there is a holiness in scientific truth which is not as yet recognised in its full significance either by scientists or religious leaders. The scientific spirit, if it but be a genuine devotion to Truth, contains a remedy for many ills; it leads the way of conservative progress and comes not to destroy but to fulfil. The Open Court on the one hand is devoted to the Science of Religion; it investigates the religious problems in the domain of philosophy, psychology, and history; and on the other hand advocates the Religion of Science. It believes that Science can work out a reform within the Churches that will preserve of religion all that is true, and good, and wholesome. Illustrated Catalogue and sample copies free. THE MONIST The Monist is a Quarterly Magazine, devoted to the Philosophy of Science. Each copy contains 160 pages; original articles, correspondence from foreign countries, discussions, and book reviews. The Monist Advocates the Philosophy of Science » which is an application of the scientific method to philosophy. The old philosophical systems were mere air-castles (constructions of abstract theories,) built in the realm of pure thought. The Philosophy of Science is a systematisation of positive facts; it takes experience as its foundation, and uses the systematised formal relations of experience (mathematics, logic, etc.) as its method. It is opposed on the one hand to the dogmatism of groundless a priori assumptions, and on the other hand to the scepticism of negation which finds expression in the agnostic tendencies of to-day. Monism Means a Unitary World-Conception There may be different aspects and even contrasts, diverse views and opposite standpoints, but there can never be contradiction in truth. Monism is not a one-substance theory, be it materialistic or spiritualistic or agnostic; it means simply and solely consistency. All truths form one consistent system, and any dualism of irreconcilable statements indicates that there is a problem to be solved; there must be fault somewhere either in our reasoning or in our knowledge of facts. Science always implies Monism, i. e., a unitary world conception. Illustrated Catalogue and sample copies free. BY EDGAR A. ASHCROFT This book is a careful and reverential study of human life and philosophy, as viewed from a monistic standpoint. A strictly logical and scientific exposition, indicating a midway course between irrational fanaticism and unphilosophical materialism. Pages, xii, 440. Cloth, gilt top, $1.00 net. ZOOLOGISCHES INSTITUT DER Universität Jena. My dear Mr. Ashcroft: JENA, 11, 1, 1906. Accept my sincerest thanks for sending your splendid work, The World's Desires; for your excellent exposition of our "Monism," and mainly for the great honor of my personal dedication! I hope your book will very much contribute to the understanding and distribution of the true monistic philosophy and the realistic religion connected with it. I wish sincerely that it may soon reach a very wide circle of intelligent readers. I have been ill several months and must resign for a long time every work. 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