Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 174

CHAPTER

III

THE TWOFOLD DEVELOPjMENT OF SCIENCE § 48.

Two Kinds

of People

The certainty and unity of the scientific result, which, through the strong divergencies which exist in the thinking subject, and still more through the existence of the lie, almost fell victims to Scepticism, recover considerable strength through the influence of ivisdom and the support of faith. Since, however, as soon as

domain

performs

it

function in the

its

of the spiritual sciences, faitli passes again

the dominion of the subjective divergencies,

it

under

can indeed

promote the certainty of the result in the conviction, but it proves, rather than a help, an obstacle in the way to the unity of this result.

The degree

of certainty of one's

own

conviction cannot be raised without causing the antithesis

with the striking.

scientific result of others to

This

is

as its object is psychic is

become proportionately

true of every spiritual science, in so far ;

but from the nature of the case this

most true of the science

of its investigation;

which has religion

because,

must make a very important

step, in order

soul to reach the object of

worship.

And

from one's own

yet these darker spots in the orb of science would

prove no obstacle in the if

its

for the object

here, the subjective-ps3^chic

way

to the unity of its radiance,

these divergencies in the subject limited themselves to

a relative difference.

Since, as

was seen

of our study, the subject of science

is

at the beginning

not the individual,

but the general subject of human nature, the potentially higher might at length of itself draw the potentially lower up to and along with itself, and in spite of much resistance and hesitation bring the universal human consciousness to a clear insight, a firm conviction, and a certain knowledge. 150

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