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results sufficient to rid the universal darkness of confusion arising from the
different views of men. It is possibile that for others than myself, these
results are sufficient; indeed, I have no doubt that this has been enough for
many. But these results are mingled with naive belief in some matters
which are not included among true values.
My purpose here though, is to describe my own case, not to disparage
those who sought a remedy by talim, for cures vary with diseases. How
often is one man‟s medicine another‟s poison!
2. Philosophy.
After I had done away with theology, I started on philosophy. I was
convinced that a man cannot grasp what is defective in any science unless
he has such a complete grasp of that science that he equals its most
learned promoter in the appreciation of its fundamental principles, and then
goes beyond to surpass them, by probing into the tangles and profundities
which the very professors of the science have neglected. Then and only
then, is it possible that what he has to say about its defects is true.
different views of men. It is possibile that for others than myself, these
results are sufficient; indeed, I have no doubt that this has been enough for
many. But these results are mingled with naive belief in some matters
which are not included among true values.
My purpose here though, is to describe my own case, not to disparage
those who sought a remedy by talim, for cures vary with diseases. How
often is one man‟s medicine another‟s poison!
2. Philosophy.
After I had done away with theology, I started on philosophy. I was
convinced that a man cannot grasp what is defective in any science unless
he has such a complete grasp of that science that he equals its most
learned promoter in the appreciation of its fundamental principles, and then
goes beyond to surpass them, by probing into the tangles and profundities
which the very professors of the science have neglected. Then and only
then, is it possible that what he has to say about its defects is true.