Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 103

Chap.

BETWEEN SUBJECT AND OBJECT

I]

79

This capacity cannot be imitaThis would be conceivable if the whole organism of the relations of the cosmos were discovered to us. Then we should be able to acquire this as we acquire a foreign language, that reveals no single relation to our own tongue. As, for instance, when a Netherlander learns the language also able to thiuk logically. tive only.

Zulus. But this is not the case. The relations hidden in the cosmos, and they cannot be known in their deeper connection, unless we approach this logically existing cosmos as logical thinkers. The science of the cosmos is only possible for us upon the supposition that in our thinking the logical germ of a world of thought is lodged, which, if properly developed, will cover entirely the logical world of thought lodged in the cosmos. And the

of

lie

this provides the possibility of

As soon

actively.

as

we have

our thinking showing

learned to

know

itself

the universal

relations that govern the special, or have discovered in these

several relations the

germ

of a self-developing thought, the

identity between our subjective and the objective world of

thought enables us to perform our active part, both by calling the desired relations into being, and by anticipating the relations

which must reveal themselves,

develop themselves.

or shall afterward

In this way only does

human

science

dominant and prophetical character not only liberates itself from the cosmos, but

attain unto that high,

by which it also understands it, enables its devotees to take active part in it, and partially to foresee its future development.

We

have not been disappointed, therefore, in our suj)posiwhat was meant by "science" is genetically related to the etymological root meaning of the verb to know.

tion, that

was seen that in the object of science, distinction must be made betv/een elements and their relations because of the organic existence of this object. Corresponding to this, it was seen that our human consciousness (i.e. the subject of science) has a double receptivity: on the one hand a power of perception for the elements in the object, and on the other It

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