The spiritualist movement, if we can call it that, which has emerged in the last two centuries and has expanded with spectacular vigor, invading countless areas of knowledge and deepening unbridled, can only inspire good feelings. It seems that, in one fell swoop, experience, seriousness, method and, above all, good faith have been brought together in a number of spirits that can no longer be counted on the fingers, forming a current that cannot be stopped, since it has both the preparation and the spirit needed to assert itself and carry out its mission. What is most striking is the terminology, long banned from serious literature, which is now being used with absolute naturalness after an unexpected invasion. There is no doubt that these days will be marked in history by this radical and beneficial transformation.
Tag: philosophy
The Postulate From Which the Bulk…
The postulate from which the bulk of scientific research springs, i.e. materialism, is nothing more than a hypothesis, and perhaps a completely incorrect one. Starting from the premise that all observable phenomena derive from matter could simply be starting from a false premise, since there is no proof for it. So, in the sense that the term is applied, scientific research is almost always based on an anti-scientific premise—something that is, admittedly, necessary, but which should be reason enough for the most fanatical to be filled with that humility that no longer seems to guide them.
If a Large Part of the Personality Is Made Up…
If a large part of the personality is made up of involuntary traits, or rather, traits that are established through habit, the longer he lives, the more the personality represents and reveals the essence of the individual. So it is no exaggeration to say that an elderly person’s personality may sum up his life. That is why generosity and simplicity are charming when they manifest themselves spontaneously and sincerely in an intellectually refined nature. Through them, we have a portrait of the individual: his posture shows the degree of his merit and, unless we are so blind as not to notice it, we are entirely filled with a feeling of admiration. As for personality, there are indeed feats only possible in old age, when virtue crystallizes as the fruit of a lifetime’s experience, and then those enigmatic whys finally seem to shine like pearls.
It Will Be a Beautiful Day
It will be a beautiful day when Western science admits the validity of the pseudosciences handed down from generation to generation many centuries ago in the East. It will be a huge blow to the presumption resulting from the advance of technique, and will probably lead to the establishment of a new—and perhaps a very old—attitude towards the unknown and the irrational. In short, it will be a return to that humility without which man is unable to perceive the just measure of things.