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or philosophic pantheism differs
from the materialistic pantheism, it
will be seen, in emphasizing the
mental or ideal element as the dominating
one in the production of phenomena,
but is a pantheistic theory, neverthe-
-less, with much of the grossness of
such a theory sifted out. It was
this style of Pantheism of which the
German philosopher Hegel [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel] was a
very distinguished advocate, and ex-
-ponent; and this, it is understood,
is the general theory held by such
men as Emerson [Ralph Waldo Emerson] & his school in
America. The theory is capable of
being strongly put, and it has ideal,

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or philosophic pantheism differs
from the materialistic pantheism, it
will be seen, in emphasizing the
mental or ideal element as the dominating
one in the production of phenomena,
but is a pantheistic theory, neverthe-
-less, with much of the grossness of
such a theory sifted out. It was
this style of Pantheism of which the
German philosopher Hegel [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel] was a
very distinguished advocate, and ex-
-ponent; and this, it is understood,
is the general theory held by such
men as Emerson [Ralph Waldo Emerson] & his school in
America. The theory is capable of
being strongly put, and it has ideal,