Thenewstatementwillcomprisetheskepticisms,aswellasthefaithsofsociety,andoutofunbeliefsacreedshallbeformed。
For,skepticismsarenotgratuitousorlawless,butarelimitationsoftheaffirmativestatement,andthenewphilosophymusttakethemin,andmakeaffirmationsout-sideofthem,justasmuchasitmustincludetheoldestbeliefs。
Itisveryunhappy,buttoolatetobehelped,thediscoverywehavemade,thatweexist。ThatdiscoveryiscalledtheFallofMan。
Everafterwards,wesuspectourinstruments。Wehavelearnedthatwedonotseedirectly,butmediately,andthatwehavenomeansofcorrectingthesecoloredanddistortinglenseswhichweare,orofcomputingtheamountoftheirerrors。Perhapsthesesubject-lenseshaveacreativepower;perhapstherearenoobjects。Oncewelivedinwhatwesaw;now,therapaciousnessofthisnewpower,whichthreatenstoabsorballthings,engagesus。Nature,art,persons,letters,religions,——objects,successivelytumblein,andGodisbutoneofitsideas。Natureandliteraturearesubjectivephenomena;everyevilandeverygoodthingisashadowwhichwecast。
Thestreetisfullofhumiliationstotheproud。Asthefopcontrivedtodresshisbailiffsinhislivery,andmakethemwaitonhisguestsattable,sothechagrinswhichthebadheartgivesoffasbubbles,atoncetakeformasladiesandgentlemeninthestreet,shopmenorbarkeepersinhotels,andthreatenorinsultwhateveristhreatenableandinsultableinus。\'Tisthesamewithouridolatries。Peopleforgetthatitistheeyewhichmakesthehorizon,andtheroundingmind\'seyewhichmakesthisorthatmanatypeorrepresentativeofhumanitywiththenameofheroorsaint。