CHAPTER VI.. The Study of Nature: 1. Fundamental Positions.

THE STUDY OF NATURE: 1. FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONS.

A. Materialism 126 1. Meaning of the Stoic Materialism 126 2. Causes which led to Stoic Materialism 132 3. Consequences of Stoic Materialism—individual perceptions—theory of universal mingling 135 B. Dynamical theory of Nature 139 1. Matter and force 139 2. Nature of force 141 3. Deity—God as force—God as matter 148 C. Pantheism 156 1. God identical with the world 156 2. Relative difference between God and the world 158 3. Views of Boëthus 159