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Excerpt from The Significance of Ancient Religions: In Relation to Human Evolution and Brain Development
It is especially to be noted that this conception does not imply anything with regard to the exact relation between mind and brain. The reader may have whatever ideas he likes on this subject without prejudice to the postulate which I have advanced. It is admitted by all psychologists at the present day that the brain is the organ of mind, and there is only difference Of opinion on the further ques tion as to the exact nature of the relationship. This rela tionship does not come within the purview of this work; nor, indeed, is there any reason why the obscurity which surrounds it should hinder our efforts to establish a clear understanding of human evolution and psychology. We are as incapable Of' stating or of conceiving the ultimate relations of force and matter as we are those of mind and brain; but this incapacity has not prevented us from so dealing with forces and materials as to produce the brilliant achievements of mechanical science. And in the same way we may leave the ultimate relations of mind and brain on one side and pass on to extract, from the sequences Of events in human life and human consciousness that history pre sents to our view, the knowledge of evolution and of psychology that will enable us to deal intelligently with the problems that more immediately confront us in our daily lives. 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.
