Personalism

Borden Parker Bowne

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I COMMON SENSE, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY

COMMON SENSE, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY

Common sense has always thought rather meanly of philosophy, either as losing itself in abstract verbiage which makes no connection with reality, or else as falling into dangerous and destructive errors. Aristophanes, wishing to deride philosophy, represented Soerates as floating in the clouds and uttering a deal of nonsense, which was supposed to be philosophical. And we are all familiar with the formula which refers to “science,” that is, philosophy, “ falsely so-called,” and which couples “philosophy and vain deceit” in a way not intended to be complimentary. Goethe expressed the same opinion when he made Mephistopheles say, “A speculating fellow is like a beast on a blasted heath led round in circles by an evil spirit, while all about are pastures fair and green.” Milton is even more — pronounced, for he mentions philosophizing as one of the pursuits of hell. One group of devils is described as holding high debate over

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