Chapter VIII: New Thought 210

New Thought Difficult to Define--"The Rediscovery of the Inner Life"--Spinoza's Quest--Kant Reaffirms the Creative Power of Mind--Utilitarianism, Deism and Individualism--The Reactions Against Them--New England Transcendentalism--New Thought Takes Form--Its Creeds--The Range of the Movement--The Key-Words of New Thought--Its Field of Real Usefulness--Its Gospel of Getting On--The Limitations and Dangers of Its Positions--Tends to Become a Universal and Loosely-Defined Religion.