Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 61

Chap.

Ill]

therefore,

§ 21.

whether

ORGANIC CHARACTER

I investigate the

knowledge as such, or scan science

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formal phenomenon of

itself, as it exists

cally in all its ramifications, in its inner essence

and

organi-

articula-

and " allgemeine Wissenschaftslehre" have nothing in common. What Fichte aimed at was the study of a phenomenon in our consciousness ; what Encyclopedia aims at is an analysis and synthesis of tion.

all

Up

to this point general Encyclopedia

sciences together, taken as one organic whole.

This,

no warrant for overlooking the relation which unites the two and lies in the general conception of science that is fundamental to all special sciences. The body is both something different and something more than its members, and general Encyclopedia cannot be content with the investigation of the separate members of the body of science; it must also deal with the science which finds its however,

is

ramifications

in the

several special sciences.

And when

ready to undertake this, it of necessity touches "allgemeine Wissenschaftslehre," since this teaches " knowledge " in its

most universal form, and thus

offers it the

means by which

to define the character of science in its universal sense. § 21.

Organic Character

Encyclopedia to furnish us knowledge an organic whole, a clear insight into the vocation of Encyclopedia demands a distinction between the threefold organic nature of science. Botany, for instance, is an organic science: (1) because it introduces into the mirror of our thoughts a group of phenomena, which as "the vegetable kingdom" exists organically; (2) because it reflects this "vegetable kingdom" in a world of thoughts, which in its turn also classifies organically; and (3) because it does not introduce this "organic vegetable kingdom" absolutely into this organic "world of thought," but in organic connection with the life of man and animal. Thus every science has to do with a phenomenon which exists in itself organically and is organically related with other phenomena, while at the same time it must present the knowledge of this phenomenon in organic relation. If in our If it is the task of

of science as

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