ABSTRACT

Originally delivered as a series of lectures for the Halley Stewart trust in 1926, Lodge’s work was collected and first published in 1927. Lodge uses his scientific training to inquire into such general issues as religion, human progress, and societal advances with an aim to better understand the physical order of the universe. This title will be of interest to students of philosophy, particularly those interested in the development of early twentieth century thought.

chapter I|26 pages

Knowledge and Progress

A General Survey of Man's Position and of his Advances in the Nineteenth Century.

chapter II|26 pages

Design and Purpose

Aiming At The Development Of Man.

chapter III|32 pages

Help and Guidance

The Indications of our Senses and the Reality of the Unsensed.

chapter IV|28 pages

Help and Guidance

Relationship Between Theology and Science.

chapter V|27 pages

Life and its Mysteries

Some Insoluble Problems of Existence

chapter VI|32 pages

Death and Hereafter

The Problem of Survival