Vol. 36 · 1958 edition
Palmer's Law of Life
A starting point
Palmer’s prologue connects life, universal law, and an internal organizing power. The volume provides an entry into the spiritual and philosophical language of his later writing.
The prologue presents life in terms of a universal organizing law, expressed within living beings. Later analogies draw on architects, buildings, and coordinated production to argue from an organized result toward the intelligence Palmer believes must stand behind it.
The book offers a concentrated encounter with the spiritual and philosophical reasoning of his later years. Follow the distinction between observing order and explaining its source; that is where much of the argument takes place. Comparing these analogies with earlier definitions of Innate helps show how his presentation became broader and more reflective.
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