Excerpt from Religions of the Past and the Religion of the Future
The aim of Buckle"s great work, The Introduction to the History of Civilisation in England, was to get rid of empiricism, and to place the study of History on a scientific basis.
The aim of the present little work is precisely similar in regard to Religion, viz.: to urge that its study should henceforth be conducted by the method usually employed for the ascertainment of Truth in every department of systematic and orderly investigation of phenomena.
It will be noticed that in this attempt to advocate a new departure in the prosecution of the study of Religion, details have been carefully eschewed, and the attention concentrated on broad general views and the inferences therefrom arising.
Easily grasped generalisations seem best fitted to persuade, and form indeed the actual groundwork on which is based most of the knowledge possessed by the public at large.
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