Excerpt from Studies in Philosophy and TheologyReality, according to the school to which Bowne belonged, is not definable in the terms and categories of mechanical physics, but in terms of consciousness. Moreover, consciousness is not a mere collection of passive and passing states, mere momentary and Shift ing ideas, as Hume had taught, consciousness, when adequately understood, can only be a conscious self, the permanent and independent subject of experience and of life. The universe is immaterial, conscious and personal in its constitution: this is the sweeping formula of personal idealism.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.