The dualistic conception of nature has been a necessary phase in the evolution in human thought." Recognizing the need for dualism in the history of humanity, Carus sought to promote the principles of Monism in the West, believing it could lead to a universal worldview capable of uniting East and West. There is light and shade, there is heat and cold, there is good and evil, there is God and the Devil. "This world of ours is a world of opposites. Credited with bridging the gap between Eastern and Western beliefs, Carus believed that the dualism rampant in the West could be replaced in order to establish a more equitable world where difference and diversity would be accepted and nurtured, rather than suppressed. A lifelong Monist, Carus sought to apply a scientific analysis to the principles of humanity's religions. The History of the Devil (1900) is a philosophical study by Paul Carus.
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