ABSTRACT
The conception of objective orders seems to be logically prior to that of the relations that subsist either within or between orders. The general conception of causation relates to the connection of changes in one thing with changes in other things throughout the world. The consideration of the various modes of order to which reference has now been made, leads us naturally to the conception of the Universe as a completely ordered system or Cosmos. It is with this conception that constructive philosophy has been concerned throughout the whole of its history. In early Greek philosophy, the order of the Cosmos was at first conceived as a mechanical order. The conception of a perfect Cosmos has, as its opposite, the conception of Chaos. The Platonic conception has, in the main, served as the foundation for almost all the subsequent attempts that have been made.
