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Alexander declares Alexander rejects Alexander's metaphysical analogy animal artist beauty coherence complex conatus conception constructive impulse constructive instinct Copernican creation creative creator Dawes Hicks desires discovered distinction doctrine economic embodiment emergent evolution empirical qualities Ernst Cassirer ethical evil evolutionary experience fact factor finite gods Gifford Lectures Hibbert Journal higher level highest human values Historicity of Things human impulse human level Ibid individual infinite instinctive values John Dewey Konvitz leads levels of existence Literary Pieces lower levels material matter mental metaphysical formula mind-body relationship morality natural selection nisus nomic notion object objective correlative organic ourselves pantheism passion perfection Philosophical and Literary physical polytheism problem of evil propositions quality of deity reality relation religion religious Samuel Alexander satisfaction satisfies scientific sense Similarly social impulse Space Space-Time Spinoza standard mind structure tertiary qualities theism theory tion transcendent truth unifying universe whole