...heart of this generation; they are as poignant and almost as lyrical as the words of the Rubaiyat: "That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision...origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and beliefs, are but the outcome of the accidental collocation of atoms ; that no fire, no heroism, no...

...presents for our belief. Amid such a world, if anywhere, our ideals henceforward must find a home. That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision...an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labour of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius...

...Science presents to-day as that within which human ideals must find a home is wilder and more fearful. " That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision...origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his-beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms ; that no fire, no heroism, no...

...must renounce hope of possessing it in the end. of Faith Thus Mr. Russell apparently infers that if "Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving," then it must follow that his life is "brief and powerless," that "on him and all his race the slow,...

...Co. Mr. Russell's philosophy is an attempt to build "on the firm foundation of unyielding despair." Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving. His origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental...

...presents for our belief. Amid such a world, if anywhere, our ideals henceforward must find a home. That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision...and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collections of atoms ; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve...

...Talbot quotes from Mr. Bertrand Russell a description of an intellectual street in that condition. 'That man is the product of causes which had no prevision...an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius,...

...scientific view' presented, for example, in the considered verdict that what science tells us is simply ' that man is the product of causes which had no prevision...origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms ; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity...

...proved, or all but proved, that man's " loves and beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collisions of atoms ; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity...preserve an individual life beyond the grave ; that . . . the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the de'bris of a universe...

...two extracts : "Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves...but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the...