Vital Lies, Vol. 2 Studies of Some Varieties of Recent Obscurantism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Vital Lies, Vol. 2: Studies of Some Varieties of Recent Obscurantism Modernism, represented by Father Tyrrell's very beautiful posthumous book, has afforded me an example of how statements admittedly false in the usual sense of that word, may be accepted as true in the sense of truly adapted to certain spiritual demands. It is in the books of an anthropologist, of all improbable people, that I have found the explicit theory, no longer that opinions may be true because they are desirable, but, on the contrary, that opinions which are false have been and should continue to be fostered because of their usefulness. 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.