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THIS ably and attractively written book is wholly in accord with much that has recently appeared in the columns of NATURE. For while the author is convinced that we must find “a way out from the intellectual anarchy of our time”, he is equally definite as to the contribution which science can offer towards this end. Neither mysticism nor intuition, merely as such, can solve our problems; rather must both be criticized, and often corrected, by reason. This, however, involves neither “intellectual pessimism” nor crude materialism ; on the contrary, “Science makes a spiritual view of the universe more tenable” and is, indeed, perfectly compatible with worship.
Belief and Action:
an Everyday Philosophy. By Viscount Samuel. Pp. 366. (London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 7s. 6d. net.
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T., J. Belief and Action. Nature 141, 56 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141056a0
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