The morning call., 1894-09-16

would admit for a moment chat the idea OF
being, abstract though It be-, is DOn-
existent Or nOthingness. Nay: they would
predicate tor it the same ext tence and
certainty as The positivists claim for
their own abstract ideas, which are
based on facts, and therefore lid
aud impregnable. The very same basis
belongs to the idea of being and it s
therefore equally solid and impregpable.
Neither is It true that ontUlngical systems
have lost their hold over mankind, or that
agDostclsm is the modern form of onto
lOgy. The students and believers of the
latter In number and intelligence are far
greater than those of any other system
and are as active ana fuil of life today as
ever in the history of philosophy. The
DaTTOwneS Of vision of our modern phi
losopher i striking characteristic. No
philosopher except the few known to
them, no schools except those of their Jim
tied acquaintance, have any existence. The
substance of Fundamental Prnbems"
may be stated to be the answer tn two
Questions: First, what is the origin, fOun-
dalton, law and method nt our cOgnlliOD,
and second. what is its purpose, use and
application? The former question is theo-
retlcal. and demands as an answer con-
cepton of world and life, theoreii-
cal philosophy; the latter is practi-
cal, and demands as an answer a
system OF ethics, practical philosophy
Inc philosophy of monsm DIR. Carus offers
as the answer to the first question; as an
answer to the second he presents the
ethical system of meliorism. Monism Is the
phliOSO phlcal system which recognizes the
oneness of existence. 1t is sometimes
called posltivisiP, or positive mon ism, and
II Grains u start from facts, to arrange
tneln Ia order and system 80 that they
DO not appear as incoherent single items
without rhyme or reason, but as one intel
ilgioie whole 10 which every part appears
IN concord with every Others very per-
feet specimen OF mechanical system of
pnHosoDhy. MeliOrism stands on the doc
trlhe OF monl>m, THAT man is G part of all
existence. AS Tart of the whole he has
TO conform TO the cosmical laws of the
whole. Obedience TO these laws leads to a
constant progress, developing every higher
form OF existence. The foregoing is but
an imperfect sketch Of the substance OF a
very able work. Every part OF the book
Will repay careful reading. The best part,
however, In our Judgment, are the sections
devoted 10 Form and Formal Thought"
ann The Old anu the New Mathematics.
lChlcag0: The Open Court Publishing
Company.
1IMARs Two WoRLDs.-This is a new
novel by Maurus Jokai. the poet laureate
ol hungary. and as full of freshness, pas
sion, poesy and fascination as the land of
hungary and its people. The atmosphere
OF Inc book is totally different from ours
the broad OASIS OF human character is the
same, lis deve.opments entirely dissimiIar,
ana indeed all Through the story the reader
cannot 1all 10 realize the nearness Of the
primitive manhood and womanhood of the
race. whether the bouk will take its place
among the masterpieces of European liter.
AZURE 1t would at present be hazardous 10
state, put IN originality of plan and char.
acteT, 10 prll lance oil thought and express
sloD' III aril.uc construction and in ali
olner qualities that 20 TO make work clas-
SIC, llmar's Two Worlds" ranks very
nlgn; Iinar Is the hungarian captain OF
'ue sauna barbara on which he Is carrying
up the Danube to Hungarian soil the dis
gulsed treasurer of The Turkish Sultan. a
SOY, however, detects the disguise, and to
itusIrate eXiradillOn and save lis for-
tune Tor his daugter, the treasurer
poI'oDs lmself after commencing his
aaughtrrs In crest to the captain.
llmar bears Timea in safety to Komorn
anu nands her over 10 her uncl :.
by whom, as we'll as by his family, size i,
treated as servant and a butt. TimaI
attsios great wealth and power. offers him.
sell 10 marriage 10 Timea, by whom he is
accepted, though at heart she is in love
win another. She makes him, however
ouIeouS and noble wife, but by no means
loving one. On this account Timar i,
led TO form tie of closest intimacy with
another woman, Noemi, ana it is through