K.E. Pringle reviews Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s book The Encounter of Man and Nature (which is based on four lectures delivered at the University of Chicago during May 1966.) Nasr’s book deals with four main topics: the run-away dominance of science and the issues that result, the historical basis of the sciences and their relationship to religion, metaphysical principles through the ages as regard science and nature, and the hypothetical benefits that might occur from a rediscovery and application of metaphysics (particularly in the West and Christianity). Pringle recommends the book “to those studying religion and science and to those who seek firm ground, having come to doubt the current belief in "progress.”