The Soul

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Excerpt from The Soul: Its Organ and Development From Man to Superman We must know what our predecessors have known, if we do not wish to deceive ourselves and others. - Hip pom-ates. How can we know that which our predecessors have known? By study ing the records of their learning, and by scientific research. Scientific research constantly enlarges the boundary of knowledge, and increases true learning. Varo divided the past ages of the world into three periods: the unknown, the fabulous and the historical. The first period lies buried in the silence and oblivion of remote antiquity. Fracti cally the only hints of it, preserved to us at the present time, are contained in the Hebrew Scriptures. The second period we find described by ancient poets suchas Homer and Hesiod, and others who wrote in a day even more remote. The third period is recorded in historical writings, to which we may refer with reasonable certainty. The Bible is the great book of life. It depicts evil as well as goodness in human character, deed and environment, and plainly indicates how evil may be avoided, and its opposite attained. Whatever of error, myth or legend may be contained in the Scriptures, the value of their presentation of the right rule of living for the entire human race re mains. 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.