ABSTRACT
There are two main reasons for studying the history of science: a purely historical one, to analyze the development of civilization, that is, to understand man, and a philosophical one, to understand the deeper meaning of science. The history of science describes an evolution of incomparable magnitude which gives us a very high idea of man's intellectual power, but that evolution is as steady as that which is caused by natural forces. The men who assume a truculent attitude against the East and make the most extravagant claims for the Western civilization, are not likely to be scientists. The unity of mankind includes East and West. Scientific truth is the same East and West, and so are beauty and charity. The scientific spirit must be itself assisted by the forces of a different kind, — by religion and morality.
