Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 141

Chap.

domain

in the

sense

;

TRUTH

§ 44.

II]

117

of psychology; or of philosophy in the

or of history

or of law

;

;

or in

any

narrower

spiritual

domain

Because here the subjective factor becomes preponderant and this subjective factor is dependent upon the so that both the antithesis between falsehood and truth insiofht into the facts and the structure which one builds upon this insight must differ, and at length become, first contrary and then contradictory. The fatality of the antithesis between falsehood and truth consists in this, that every man from his point of view claims whatever.

;

;

the truth for himself, and applies the epithet of "untrue" to

everything that opposes the liar and

And still

Satan began by making

this.

by presenting himself

for our demonstration this applies

custom among men

to the

we speak

;

God

as the speaker of truth.

more emphatically

especially since in this section

who devote themselves Though we grant that in science also

exclusively of those persons

to scientific research.

wilful mutilation of facts

is

accepted, as a rule, that he of science

is

not altogether wanting,

who announces

it

must be

himself as a

man

disposed to take things as they are, and to deal

with them accordingly. Nobody writes a scientific thesis with the purpose of propagating falsehood; the purpose of all scientific

very fact

it

champion the truth. And from this follows that where two scientific men arrive at labor

is

to

directly opposite results, each will see the truth in his

own

and

botli

result,

will

and falsehood

deem

it

their

in the result of his opponent,

duty to

fight in the

defence of what

seems to them the truth, and to struggle against what seems to them the lie. If this concerns a mere point of detail, it has no further results; but if this antithesis assumes a more universal and radical character, school will form itself against school,

system against system, world-view against worldtwo entirely different and mutually exclusive

view, and

representations of the object, each in organic relation, will

From at length to dominate whole series of subjects. both sides it is said: "Truth is with us, and falsehood with,' you." And the notion that science can settle this dispute is/ come

of course entirely vain, for

we speak

of

two all-embracing

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