RELIG IONS ' ANCIENT AND MODERN B EDWARD GLODD au h o The Stor o Crea t o i n . Animism . y , t r of y f P B 'AMES ALLANSON PI CTON au h o f The li ion o the anth eism. y , t or Re g f Th li fAn en China . B P s G ILES LL . D . P s e Re g ions o ci t y rofes or , rofe sor f h e iv am d o Ch inese in t U n ersit o f C bri ge. B ' E H R R ISO u at Th e l i n f An i n . L Re ig o o c e t reece y AN A N , ect rer Ne vnha m C ll Camb d a u h o of Prole omm a. t o Stud o Greek v o ege, ri ge, t r g y f Rel igion . h e R H on. AMBER AL I SYED f h ud l m f His I B t t . o t e ' a C m e o slam. y , ici o itt e ’ s C un l au h o of The S it o slam and E hics o Isla m. Maje ty s Privy o ci , t r pir f I t f M i and Fe i hism . B Dr. A. C . H ADDON L u o n ag e t s y , ect rer hnolo a Ca m d e n s gt gy t bri g U iver ity . li n B W FL I D ERS PETB IE T n n i . P . M . 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Q , t or y gy f B ISR AEL ABR AHAMS L e u in Talm ud L e n m 'udaism . y , ct rer ic it rature i Ca b d Un i e au h Of 'ewish Li e in the M A ri ge v rsity, t or f iddle ges. i f n i n m B C Y I L BAILE Y M e l n o . R A. Th Re ig o A c e t Ro e y , . B W Th e n i n li i n . G A T C . hin o e o 'a . S ON . M . G an. S t , A c e t R g of p y , l i n of n n M i P B Law s SPE E M Th e an d u . NC i A. Re g o A cie t ex co er y , ‘ Earl Chris iani . B S . LAC K P s at MG ill Un e s y t ty y B B , rofe sor iv r it y. Th e Ps ch ol o ical Ori in and Na ur B P e s o v g g t e of Religion. y rof s r '. li LEU BA. e i i n f n i n Pal B ST NLE Y A COO K l . Th e R g o o A c e t est ine. y A . B F A . C . ONYB E RE S Manich ee ism. y C . ( hortly ) PHILOSOPHIES W B A. E au h f Early G reek Phil osop y B NN, t or o The Phil osophy of e Rat iona lism m t Nine teent h C u G reec , ent ry. ici m . B P o e o ST . 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T AY L O R NEW YO RK DO DG E PU BLISHING C O MPANY 2 1 4 - 2 2 0 E A ST 2 3 1m ST R EET a nd A . T . FO R EWO R D HI T S little volume is , as its title proclaims, a brief study of the thought and te mperament of a remarkable f o . man , not the history a scientific school The band Of comrades who gathered round Epicurus in his Garden were held together n ot so much by a common intellectual interest in the pursuit of truth as by the ties of personal affection among themselves and per sonal devotion to a master whom they regarded more as a Redeemer from the ills of life than as a mere thinker . That the feelings of the Epicurea n society of a later date were of the same kind is amply proved o f by the tone the poem of Lucretius . Atomism as a scientific hypothesis Owes nothing t o Epicurus or to of d e any his followers he found it alrea y in exist nce, and every innovation which he made upon its existing o f V form was, from the scientific point iew, a change f for . o the worse As a man science , his place is with - - fla t t e ne rs. the circle squarers and the earth This , together with the fact that a volume o n ancient Atomism is announced to appear in due time in the Wh I present series , will explain y have said no more about the really scientific Atomism of the fifth century B C . than was absolutely necessary to place the indifference of Epicurus and his followers t o For I science in the proper light . similar reasons aoahi e e E P I C U R U S one have avoided dealing with Lucretius , the man a of genius in the Epicure n following, except where it has been necessary to cite him as a mere witness t o T he one the Epicurean tradition . point of interest to the student of the history of physical theories which has, as I hope, been made clearer than is usual in works on ancient Atomism is that the Epicurean Physics are throughout the result of an unhappy - attempt, which no clear headed thinker would ever d ln have undertaken , to fuse together the ra ically compatible doctrines Oi Democritus and Aristotle . If the esta blishment of this important point has made my second chapter into something like the exposure ‘ f For difi rent o . e a charlatan , the fault is not mine a ' reason I have said little as to the few facts definitely know n about the illustrious obscurities of the Epi cureau succession . I trust some compensation may be found in the chapter o n the anti - Epicurean polemic d carried on by the Platonic Aca emy .