There is nothing in heaven or earth that was not dreamt of in his philosophy: some of his dreams have already come true; others still await their fulfilment; and even those which are irreconcilable with the demands of experience will continue to be studied with the interest attaching to every generous and daring adventure, in the spiritual no less than in the secular order of existence. FOOTNOTES: [134] See the chapter on the Metaphysics of Sexual Love in Schopenhauer’s _Welt als Wille und Vorstellung_. [135] Cf. for the whole following passage Havet, _Le Christianisme et ses Origines_, I., 286-8. It was, however, written before the author had become acquainted with M. Havet’s work. [136] In order to avoid misconception it may be as well to mention that the above remarks apply only to mystical passion assuming the form of religion; they have nothing to do with intellectual and moral convictions. [137] _Phaedr._, 266, B. Jowett, II., 144. According to Teichmüller (_Literarische Fehden im vierten Jahrhundert vor Chr._, p. 135)—the god here spoken of is no other than Plato himself. Even granting the pantheistic interpretation of Platonism to be true, this seems a somewhat strained application of it. [138] Adapting Plato’s formula to modern ideas we might say: A literary education: knowledge of the world: mathematics: physical science. [139] _Phaedo_, 69, A. Jowett, I., 442. [140] _Repub._, I., 348, B ff.; Zeller, _op. cit._, 507-8. [141] See especially the argument with Callicles in the _Gorgias_. [142] _Repub._, II., 379, A; 380, D. [143] Zeller, 678-8. [144] ‘Un monde qui est l’injustice même.’—Ernest Renan, _L’Église Chrétienne_, p. 139. [145] Cf. _Lysis_, 210, E. Jowett, I., 54. [146] _Meno_, 71, E. Jowett, I., 270. [147] _Gesch. d. Ph._, II., 272. [148] _Op. cit._, p. 777. [149] _Timaeus_, 24, A. Jowett, III., 608. [150] Cf. the excellent remarks of Teichmüller, _Lit. Fehden_, p. 107. [151] _Repub._, V., 471, D. [152] He mentions as one of the worst effects of a democracy that it made them assume airs of equality with men. _Repub._, 563, B.; cf. 569, E. _Timaeus_, 90, E. It is to be feared that Plato regarded woman as the missing link. [153] In his _Vorträge und Abhandlungen_, first series, p. 68. [154] _Legg._, 739, B. Jowett, V., 311. [155] [Since the above was first published, Teichmüller has brought forward new arguments to prove that it was Plato’s scheme of Communism which Aristophanes intended to satirise (_Lit. Fehden_, pp. 14, ff.); but I do not think that even the first half of the _Republic_ could possibly have been composed at such an early date as that assigned to it by this learned and ingenious critic.] [156] [Here, also, the recent arguments of Teichmüller (_Lit. Fehden_, p. 51) deserve attention, but they have failed to convince me that an earlier date should be assigned to the _Euthydêmus_.] [157] We may even say that they are reduced to two; for Existence is a product of Sameness and Difference.