very one knoweth that it hath been revealed in the year 1910.
Apart from this, numerous epistles have been written before the war upon
the same theme, and reference, too, hath been made to these questions in
the Journal of the San Francisco University, the date whereof is known
beyond any doubt.(3) In like manner have the philosophers of broad vision
praised highly the discourse eloquently delivered in the above-named
University.(4) A copy of that paper is thus enclosed and forwarded. Thy
works are no doubt of great benefit, and if published, send us a copy of
each.

By materialists, whose belief with regard to Divinity hath been explained,
is not meant philosophers in general, but rather that group of
materialists of narrow vision who worship that which is sensed, who depend
upon the five senses only, and whose criterion of knowledge is limited to
that which can be perceived by the senses. All that can be sensed is to
them real, whilst whatever falleth not under the power of the senses is
either unreal or doubtful. The existence of the Deity they regard as
wholly doubtful.

It is as thou hast written, not philosophers in general but narrow-minded
materialists that are meant. As to deistic philosophers, such as Socrates,
Plato and Aristotle, they are indeed worthy of esteem and of the highest
praise, for they have rendered distinguished services to mankind. In like
manner we regard the materialistic, accomplished, moderate philosophers,
who have been of service (to mankind).

We regard knowledge and wisdom as the foundation of the progress of
mankind, and extol philosophers who are endowed with broad vision. Peruse
carefully the San Francisco University Journal that the truth may be
revealed to thee.

Now concerning mental faculties, they are in truth of the inherent
properties of the soul, even as the radiation of light is the essential
property of the sun. The rays of the sun are renewed but the sun itself is
ever the same and unchanged. Consider how the human intellect develops and
weakens, and may at times come to naught, whereas the soul changeth not.
For the mind to manifest itself, the human body must be whole; and a sound
mind cannot be but in a sound body, whereas the soul dependeth not upon
the body. It is through the power of the soul that the mind comprehendeth,
imagineth and exerteth its influence, whilst the soul is a power that is
free. The mind comprehendeth the abstract by the aid of the concrete, bu