SYSTEM OF ONTOLOGICAL SCIENCE;

IN WHICH ARE STATED

THE

LAWS OF ABSOLUTE BEING,

AND THE FORM AND NATURE OF

The Tri-Personal God as Absolute Creating Cause.

THE

LAWS OF PHENOMENAL BEING,

AND THE FORM AND NATURE OF

The Creation as a Phenomenal Receptive Medium.

THE

LAW OF TRI-PERSONALITY,

AND ITS APPLICATION IN ANALYZING

The Structure, Nature, and Manifestation of the Universe.

Why it must be founded in the Universal Laws of Being

Its failure for the want of this foundation.

Why Philosophy must take its departure from the Church

Correspondence between Philosophy and Religion

How the antagonism between them arises

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Why the development of Philosophy is confined to the Caucasian race

Why the Indian and Ethiopian races are excluded

Why the Malay and Mongolian races are excluded

Description of the Hindoo Nation as the highest of the Malay race

Statement of the ground upon which three spheres of philosophical develop-

ment, related as Ontological, Psychological, and Eclectical, are demanded. 11

This demand responded to, according to the history of Philosophy, as follows:

THE ONTOLOGICAL SPHERE.

Departure of Philosophy from Religion in Egypt.

Development of Philosophy in Egypt as Material Ontology
Character of the Egyptians considered

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· Departure of Philosophy from Religion in Persia.

Development of Philosophy in Persia as Spiritual Ontology
Character of the Persians considered

Eclectical development of Philosophy by the Hebrews in the form of Reli-
gious Symbolism

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SPHERE.

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Departure of Philosophy from Religion in Greece

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Development of Philosophy as Material Ontology by the Ionians in the
physiological systems of Thales, Anaximander, and Anaxagoras

Development of Philosophy as Spiritual Ontology by the Ionians in the dy-

namical systems of Anaximenes, Diogenes of Appolonia, and Heraclitus. 24

Why both internal and external schools are demanded in this sphere . . . 28

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Description of the Italic School founded by Pythagoras as a more internal

form of Material Ontology.

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form of Spiritual Ontology.

Description of the Eleatic School founded by Xenophanes as a more internal

Development of this Philosophy by Parmenides and Zeno.

Description of the difference between the Ontological and Psychological forms

of Philosophy

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Preparation by the Sophists for a psychological development of Philosophy. 32

The character of the Sophists considered

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Establishment by Socrates of the Psychological Method

The nature of Psychology considered, showing why it must be realized in

Intellectual and Moral forms, each being antagonized as Internal and

External

Development of Moral Philosophy in its internal form by Antisthenes
Development of Moral Philosophy in its external form by Aristippus
The antagonism between these forms described

Development of Intellectual Philosophy in its internal form by Plato, and in

its external form by Aristotle . .

The antagonism between these forms described

The destruction of these schools by Stoicism and Epicureanism

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The philosophy of Epicurus and of the Stoics considered

The Eclectical development of Philosophy in Gnosticism and in the school of

Alexandria.

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THE ECLECTICAL SPHERE.

Departure of Philosophy from Religion in Christian Europe

The Scholastics, or the Religious School of Philosophy, described

Its dependence upon the Pagan systems explained

Development of Material Ontology in Nominalism and Realism.

Improvement in the philosophical position of the human mind described.

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Development of Spiritual Ontology by the Mystics as Religious Philosophy. 49

Preparation for a psychological development of Philosophy in the Sixteenth

Century

Establishment by Lord Bacon of the modern Psychological Method

Development of Moral Philosophy in its internal form by Hobbes, and in its

external form by Gassendi

The antagonism between these forms described

Development of Intellectual Philosophy in its internal form by Descartes,

and in its external form by Locke. .

The theories of Spinoza and Malebranche, the disciples of Descartes

Preparation by the Sceptics for the introduction of Eclecticism

Development of Eclecticism in its Mystical form

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Establishment of Eclectical Philosophy in its Intellectual form by Leibnitz

The system of Eclectical Philosophy by Emanuel Kant described

Completion of the philosophical development

Why Philosophy has not been realized as legitimate Science

The destruction of Philosophy by the establishment of Materialism, under
the name of "Positive Philosophy," by Auguste Comte .
Why a new ground for Philosophy is now demanded

THE UNIVERSAL LAWS OF BEING.

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Posit of the Infinite - Life Itself— The Infinite Sphere in God-

versal Spiritual Cause . .

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Why the subsistence of an Opposite to the Infinite is necessitated

Posit of the Finite-Death Itself- The Spirit of Evil-as a Universal

Spiritual Cause

Necessity for opposite Universal Spiritual Causes as the Condition of Exist-

ence.

The union of Infinite and Finite in One Consciousness the Condition of Defi-

nite Being..

Conception of the realization of Definite Absolute Individuality

Why this must first be realized in a Natural Condition

Definition of a Natural Condition .

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The realization of Spiritual Consciousness in an Absolute Sphere

Conception of the formation of the Divine Sphere in God .

Christianity a representation of these Absolute Phenomena

Necessity for a Third Person in God

The relationship between Holy Ghost, Father, and Son

Conception of the formation of the Spiritual Sphere in God

Statement of Tri-Personality in God

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Illustration of this relationship in the Spheres of the Universe, of the Mind,

and of Universal Law.

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THE LAWS OF PHENOMENAL BEING,

AND THE NATURE OF PHENOMENAL SUBSTANCE WHICH FURNISHES TO GOD

THE MATERIAL FOR CREATION.

The manner in which these Phenomenal Laws come into the consciousness
of God as Material for Creation .

The nature of Infinite and Finite Phenomenal Substances

The manner in which these are combined in Creation .

The nature of Creation, and its relation to Absolute Causes

The nature of the Soul as Created Existence. . .

The nature of Human Substance as the Sphere of Phenomenal Life.
The necessity for recognizing a Phenomenal Sphere of Subsistence.
Comparison of this statement with the theories of Philosophy
The nature of Matter considered and explained
Statement of the Laws of Unity, Duality, and Trinity, which constitute the

Law of Tri-Personality, and which we posit as the external ground of

Absolute Science

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