ABSTRACT
This chapter presents two arguments not from the primary attributes proper to all finite being as such, but from the order of nature as manifested in the universe. It is evident that a pantheism, such as that of Hegel, which holds that there is but one Absolute Substance, of which all finite things are manifestations, but which only attains full self-consciousness in the human spirit, must of necessity reject the conclusion. The theory of Natural Selection set forth by Darwin disputed the finality of Nature on new grounds. And so widespread was the acceptance of his views, that the denial of finality was for a time a commonplace of scientific thought. Natural Selection is equally at fault in providing an explanation for the beauty of the universe. The existence of life on the earth affords yet another proof of the thesis. There was a time when there was no life upon this planet.
