Excerpt from Lectures on the Pantheistic Idea of an Impersonal-Substance-Deity: As Contrasted With the Christian Faith Concerning Almighty God The Object proposed in these lectures is as fol lows: TO show, after stating scientifically the vast and disastrous heresy of the ages, that mod ern lines of thought, professed modern discoveries, and modern theories of human progress, of history, of ethics, and of religion, are but new developments of the spirit which invented that fatal system that they run in parallel lines with it; that they lead to the same conclusions. The author entertains no doubt of the fact of this correspondence. It is not necessary to prove identity of origin: it is enough to Show that 'the principle which underlies the whole system of modern speculation involves the results which were reached by the ancient philoso phies, and that the movement is toward the very same position of a final and universal skepticism. After that, it matters little whether the writers of our day consent or decline to be classed as follow ers of the old pagan masters. They labor toward the same ends, and are walking in the same dirce tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.