The Symmetry and Solidarity of Truth, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Symmetry and Solidarity of Truth, Vol. 1: Or Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Harmonious and InterdependentThe substrata of all the sciences, the facts on which they are built, are of God's making, and in that sense divine. The theories which weave these facts into science are human, and therefore fallible. But though all science, theology included, has thus an element of the fallible, all having also an element of the infallible, they may by mutual consultation and readjustment correct each other and themselves. All this seems to be ignored by the two dogmatisms so prevalent in our day, the theological dogmatism, which claims for its own dicta the infallibility that belongs to revelation itself, and the scientific dogmatism, which asserts indisputable authority for its own readings of the processes of nature. Different from either, but equally to be eschewed is the indifferentism of distrust, which seeks not to harmonise its own convictions, but is contented to hold them apart, and at a safe distance from each other, reminding one of a marriage in which the relations on one side of the house are of a quite different mode of thinking or social standing from those on the other, so that, although the married pair are themselves perfectly good friends with all, it would be out of place to invite them to meet together at the social board. They must be entertained separately, and not the remotest allusion made before either to the absent party. Now this is sometimes a necessary, but it is by no means a happy state of things. Far happier is it when our convictions, like Wordsworth's trio, "all appearIn harmony united, Like welcome guests, and some from farBy cordial love invited."Invited not for entertainment merely, but for conference and consultation. Not only is there symmetry in all truth, but there is solidarity. The truth we possess, if allowed free range and circulation, will return, bringing back to us not itself only but other truth with it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.