MATTER—SUBSTANCE
If we conceive of spirit at all, it
must be through the medium of matter.
Something cannot originate from nothing; an infinity of nothing is
nothing still. This view may
be considered as materialistic, but it is not
materialism as commonly understood. By matter is not meant the physical
elements exclusively. As
there are waves of light and sound which the eye
nor ear are organized to take
cognizance of, so beyond the limits of the socalled elementary
substances others are possible which the physical senses
do not recognize.
There can be a world formed of
material which the eye cannot see nor the sense of touch feel. As a
distinction, to avoid confusion, the material beyond sensuous
recognition is called substance; hence, it may be said truthfully:
