"As a man thinketh, so is he." This fs the text of the above valuable addition to philosophic idealism, by Lucius Humphrey, What is the panacea for all the evils of the modern world wherein the greatest "achievement of great material advance seems to be material chaos, where there is abject poverty {in the' midst of great wealth. where human values seem to have been shattered by the development of mechanical power? Not Communism. not Fascism, not. Capitalism, not Democracy, but a development of the right technique of intelligent think ing. Directed and controlled thought has produced outstanding achleve~ ments in the realms of Science and Art, and by this meane alone can we dominate circumstances. instead of being the victims of them. Man must become conscious of his mental and spiritual powers, (called by the author the Creative Principle), and relate these to his physical experi-fences, A negative mental state, such fag that of fear of failure, must be transformed into a positive state of faith, When desires have been attained, fulfilment is complete only when we understand the joint relationship of ourselves and our neighbours to the Creative Principle, (merely another Interpretation of the two great commandments of Christ), The author claims that his fed] "Technique of Thinking" does not opend on>any particular religion or dogma, though he himself takes as his model the Master Bind. of Nazareth, principles of the author's philosophy are clearly expounded, and if, perhaps," the quotations are too numerous and repetitions too frequent, these are faults of his It is to be hoped they will be pre~ Served. But it Is inevitable that those brought up in the narrow confines of Soviet philosophy will one end seek a fuller under star man and the universe in the richer fields of free enquiry.
The Ast section of the book has unfortmately been re-written by the English editor. He attempts to show that all past philosophies are summed up and superseded in Marx. Nobody should be deterred by this frst sec-ion from reading the rest of the book which is really important—aa.
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