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Outlines of Mormon Philosophy - Lycurgus Wilson
OUTLINES OF MORMON PHILOSOPHY
Lycurgus Wilson
WAXKEEP PUBLISHING
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Copyright © 2015 by Lycurgus Wilson
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication.
PREFACE.
BY WAY OF TEXT.
INTRODUCTORY.
PART I. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
PART II. THE GOSPEL.
PART III. CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT.
CONCLUSION.
Footnotes
Outlines of Mormon Philosophy
By Lycurgus Wilson
DEDICATION.
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TO THE MEMORY OF The Prophet Joseph Smith Through whom the Lord revealed these principles to man, and who gave his life in testimony of their truth, this book is reverently dedicated.
PREFACE.
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EVERY PERSON, WHETHER CONSCIOUSLY or not, gradually builds up, from his observations and reason, a system of philosophy by which he explains, to himself at least, the problems that the new experiences of his life present for solution. It is of great importance, therefore, that, instead of basing one’s system of thought upon the contradictory hypotheses of speculative philosophy, we start right, so that our ideas on the questions of life may square with the truth as it is known to the Lord. And these considerations are the excuse for this work.
This work is designed rather for study than for reading. To the hasty, illusioned reader, it will prove a short, dull book; but the studious reader, who can render a thought into experience, will find it a voluminous work, profusely illustrated with pictures such as no painter ever transferred to canvas; for to him, because of the nature of the subject, it will tell the whole beautiful story of life.
The thanks of the author are due, most of all, to the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for the helpful criticism of their committee of this work; and, next, to the scores of friends who have given him the benefit of their suggestions.
L. A. W.
Salt Lake Temple,
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1905
BY WAY OF TEXT.
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WHAT A THOUGHTFUL MAN most longs for is some firm center about which he can organize his knowledge of the world, his experiences of life, a point of view from which he can gather all into an intelligible unity and from which he can press forward with a deep assurance of divine guidance and an adequate outcome.
—Selected.
INTRODUCTORY.
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HISTORY RELATES OF HYPATIA, the daughter of Theon, an eminent mathematician of Alexandria, that before being committed to the flames by an ignorant mob, she exclaimed:—
Who am I, whence am I, and whither am I going?
These questions, elaborated and particularized, are universal. They belong neither to any time, nor sect nor civilization. They are the questions of life. They recur to us at every turn in life, and when life nears its close, the master-thought with studious men is that they shall soon know the answer.
But from that bourne no traveler returns, as the poet has it, to enlighten those who remain. And so we are beset by limitations. Swung into space with no means of exploring it, bound to this whirling ball, circumscribed in all our activities, without power to determine our lot here, the moment of our entrance, nor to extend the time of our exit; when we seek to know the mysteries of life, our condition is, in a way, as would be that of a family, inhabiting from time out of mind, a miniature island in mid-ocean, without means of communication