Religion and Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

It was my intention to write this book as an essay in philosophy, addressed in the first instance to philosophers. But the force of circumstances has to some extent modi5 fied that plan. To make of it an academic treatise, armed at all points against the criticism of the professed I specialist, would require time far beyond the few years I have spent upon it. The claims of a temporary occupation, very different from that in which I began to write, leave no opportunity for the rewriting and careful revision which such a work demands, and I had set it aside to await a period of greater leisure. But the last year has seen a considerable output of books ci treating of religion from a philosophic or intellectual rather than either a dogmatic or a devotional point of view; and I believe that this activity corresponds to a widespread reawakening of interest in that aspect of religion among persons not specially trained in technical philosophy or theology. In the hope of making some small contribution to this movement, I venture to publish this book as it stands.
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