that yet the worth of life has not suffered 13

But this contention is entirely false. They were never before
eliminated as modern thought is eliminating them now 17

The present age can find no genuine parallels in the past 19

Its position is made peculiar by three facts 19

Firstly, by the existence of Christianity 19

Secondly, the insignificance to which science has reduced the
earth 23

Thirdly, the intense self-consciousness that has been developed
in the modern world 25

It is often said that a parallel to our present case is to be found
in Buddhism 27

But this is absolutely false. Buddhist positivism is the exact
reverse of Western positivism 29

In short, the life-problem of our day is distinctly a new and an as
yet unanswered one 31


CHAPTER II.

MORALITY AND THE PRIZE OF LIFE.