Excerpt from The Faith of Robert Browning During these few centuries the pendulum of thought swung constantly between the ex tremes of pantheism and transcendentalism. In discussing the religious problem and show ing that the modern trend is toward immanence Eucken says that both these views, the pan theistic and the transcendental, result in a life devoid of religion. At first the divine is brought near to our existence; then it is closely associated with it as an inspiring force, and finally it totally disappears, or vanishes to an unapproachable distance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.