{"product_id":"2940149646234","title":"The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge","description":"This conclusion as to the implications of the doctrine of evolution concerning Man's place in Nature supplies the element wanting in the theistic theory set forth in \"Cosmic Philosophy,\"—the teleological element. It is profoundly true that a theory of things may seem theistic or atheistic in virtue of what it says of Man, no less than in virtue of what it says of God. The craving for a final cause is so deeply rooted in human nature that no doctrine of theism which fails to satisfy it can seem other than lame and ineffective. In writing \"Cosmic Philosophy\" I fully realized this when, in the midst of the argument against Paley's form of theism, I said that \"the process of evolution is itself the working out of a mighty Teleology of which our finite understandings can fathom but the scantiest rudiments.\" Nevertheless, while the whole momentum of my thought carried me to the conviction that it must be so, I was not yet able to indicate how it is so, and I accordingly left the subject with this brief and inadequate hint. Could the point have been worked out then and there, I think it would have left no doubt in the minds of \"Physicus\" and Mr. Pollock as to the true character of Cosmic Theism.","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164222832880,"sku":"2940149646234","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149646234_p0.jpg?v=1763721620","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149646234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}