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THE METHOD OF PHILOSOPHY

under the same heading as those where the nexus of logic is closer and more binding.[1] At bottom and in their underlying motives, they are phases of the same method. They are inspired by the same yearning for consistency, for certainty, for uniformity of plan and structure. They have their roots in the constant striving of the mind for a larger and more inclusive unity, in which differences will be reconciled, and abnormalities will vanish.

  1. Cf. Gény, op. cit., vol. II, p. 121, sec. 165; also vol. I, p. 304, sec, 107.
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