ENDS AND MEANS

these circumstances a discussion of political, economic or
educational problems, containing no reference to funda-
mental beliefs, is incomplete and even misleading. Such,
a discussion is like Hamlet? if not without the Prince of
Denmark, at least without the Ghost or any reference to
the murder of the Prince's father.

In the present volume I have tried to relate the problems
of domestic and international politics, of war and economics,,
of education, religion and ethics, to a theory of the ultimate
nature of reality. The subject is vast and complex; this
volume is short and the knowledge and abilities of the
author narrowly limited. It goes without saying that the
task has been inadequately performed. Nevertheless, I
make no apologies for attempting it. Even the fragmentary
outline of a synthesis is better than no synthesis at all.

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