Philosophy And Religion Selections From the Manuscripts of the Late James Hinto
Philosophy And Religion Selections From the Manuscripts of the Late James Hinto
James Hinton
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And it is so clear; the only good is the heroism — the mere external actions are nothing. There may be one same level of true goodness through the whole course of that advance. As the world advances, therefore, in ex- ternal moralities, we must go on ; the good must go on, so as to be kept at a constant heroism ; this being the sole good. And this constant going on alone can do it ; the law lies in human nature. The practical problem in religion is to attain a means of keeping the enthusiasm an...d vigour of the religious feelings. Many doctrines, many means, excite it for a time, but how is it to be made permanent, and this not in a favoured few but in all ? The ascetic life, the life of constant meditation, the exclusive devotion to religious works, has been tried for this ; sometimes successfully, though often worse than failing; but, besides its other obvious objections, it is inapplicable to all. What then ? Is not the exact thing we want this very result, which comes from seeing the present as the phenomenon of the eternal ; viz.
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