East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-23
Philosophy

.Jaatrow-Psycliology of conviction.
'sThe subject of this volume Is con-
cerned with the interaction of our To-
gical with our psychological nature
Our convictions are born of emotion
and nurtured by convention. How
far can they<bemodified or controlled
by reason? Viewed retrospectiveiy
the greatest triumph of the human
mind was the gradual removal OF
large areas of belief from the influ-
ence of the personal psychology of
conviction. This has been the achieve
ment of science. Contents. The psy-
chology of conviction: Belief and
creduIity; The will to believe in the
| supernatural: The case of Paladino;
The antecedents of the study of char
acter and temperament; Fact and IA
BILE in animal psychology: Malicious
animal magnetism: The democratic
suspicion of education: The psycho-
logy of indulgence: Alcohol and to-
bacco: The feminine mind: Militarism
and pacifism.
Ladd-Setret of personality.
The problem of mans personal
life as viewed in the light of an hy-
pothesis of mans religious faith
The author develops his treatment of
this problem by inquiring first: What
is 1t to be a person? distinguishing the
person from the animal. and empha~
sizing those qualities which raise the
former above the latter. He then pro-
ceeds to his conclusions through
scientific discussion of the following
topics. The center of personality;
Coming to ones self; The develop
ment Of personality; The person as ra-
tional; The person as moral; The
person as a lover of beauty; The per-
son as religious; The goal of person.
al life: Faith is an hypothesis.
This is an Illuminating study of
and is remarkable for the
simplicity with which this subject,
which is ordinarily considered very
is elucidated."
philosophy of life.
"A philosophy of life growing out
of the experience of a lifetime Tine
discussion is divided into four parts
The first is biographical in nature
dc scribing how the author arrived at
his spiritual and ethical convictions,
The second expounds the philosophi-
cal theory he has evolved as result
OF these various Influences. The third
contains the applications of this the
ory to the more strictly personal life,
under the captions of sickness, sorrow
and sin, and also to the principal So
called rights to life. property, reputa-
ton. The fourth applies the theory
to the social institutions. to the family
the vocation. the state the interna-
tional society. and the church, these
being considered as an eN-
panding series through which the indi-
vidual is to pass on his pilgrimage In
the direction of the supreme spirl-
tual end. Throughout the book. en-
phasis is laid on the spiritual aspect
OF human nature, and its harmonious
cit is a book that in ordinary times
might find but few readers; hut in the
present day of unrest and uncertainty
II commands a wider public. The out
line of the dangers of democracy in
the chapter on The state is one that
politicians and statesmen would do
well to read and ponder"
Snowticn-Can we believe i'm immor-
tality?
"a group of well written little es-
SAYS investigating evidences for and
against immortality and voicing firm
conviction of life eternal for the hu-
man soul. What this soul is the author
pictures as far as science and other
phases of human knowledge have let
us know. The many objections against
are faced without dodginS
and overridden with a faith in the
undying qualities of the human per-
sonality.
Strcctct>-Immortsdtt
The title-pase describes IL as an
ESSAY In discovery, cooperating scien-
tific. psychical. and biblical research
In the first two essays and the first
section of the third the attempt is
made to set out in logical sequence
the main arguments for the behalf in
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