VITALISM RESTATED [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I am
horrified at Mr. Joad's suggestion that " a couple • of articles " cannot be expected to show what he really is at in his criticism of our modern Plato. What depths of conscientious analysis he conjures up !—and to me, who had always enjoyed " creative evolution " in the thoughtless past ! It is quite true that no cat can ever be quite sure where its tail comes from itwouldn't be a real part of him if he could—yet out of sheer " contrariness " -I feel inclined to squash the Bcrgsonian idea into a phrase, such as " The intellect exists for distinctions, and distinctions for the intellect." There, I am sure that looks very nice ; and somehow I hope it would not bring on me any very serious reproof from the man who dares to believe in intuition, and has suggested that feeling, rather than thought, may have given the original impulse of life. In any case, I can plead humbly that I have been goaded into it.—I am, Sir, &c., 1I. W. HAZLEIIURST.
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