Calvinism - pagina 247

CALVINISM AND THE FUTURE. to

and

social

on

the

substratum

ideal

For a moment chance

God from

ing

law,

evolved

from their own speculation.

attempt

nature

on

the

the

processes

And, indeed,

goal.

made

any

real

towards

tending

more than

for

and strong indirect

which

the

highest

half a century this stability to life;

inherent

in

the

not

systems

institutions

political

in

Germany

lent the

support of tradition to the walls of an edifice

would

however,

so,

many,

but

because the established order of law

otherwise

Even

was

stabihty

but

themselves,

found

feasible to

it

will of the individual,

philosophy has imparted a certain that

fair

history and the collective will of

of

unconsciously

race,

have a

not as the French, on a state of

on the atomistic

or

to

their system, these philosophers sought

structure,

social

seemed

instead of atheistically banish-

for,

;

refuge in Pantheism, and thus

the

by giving them an

or

natural

this

success

of

by putting them

ethical relations, either

of

basis

243

also,

it

have immediately collapsed.

could not prevent that in Ger-

moral principles became more and more

problematic, moral foundations

more and more

insecure,

no other right than that of actual law received recognition

;

opment might

aversion

tianity.

Voltaire's

the

to,

devel-

between themselves, both agreed

differ

in their

far

much German and French

and, however

and

rejection

of,

traditional Chris-

already

left

behind by Nietzsche's blasphemous utterances

on

Christ,

rinfdme'^

''^Ecrasez

and Nietzsche

is

the author

are being most eagerly devoured

Germany

is

whose works

by the young modern

of our day.

After this manner then,

we

in

Europe

at least,

have

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