David G. Ritchie

The Meaning of "Motive"

poured into the veins of society at large. But where indifference and scepticism flourish, there faith and fervor are kindled anew. Hence the imperishable benefit of religious reforms. Therefore the debates between Luther and Zwingli and all the differences between the Protestant sects have not been without influence on their life and vigor. Christianity, in contrast to Paganism and Hebraism, has brought about the regeneration and the life of society solely in this way: by means of Christ, it has opened, in a manner at once explicit and dialectical, the most intense of conflicts that have ever arisen-the inextinguishable conflict between matter and spirit, between the human and the divine. RAFFAELE MARIANO. UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES.