Objects of knowledge maintain an infinite distance from us who are the knowers. For knowledge is not union. Therefore the further world of freedom awaits us there where we reach truth, not through feeling it by senses or knowing it by reason, but through union of perfect sympathy.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Knowledge requires union through perfect sympathy, not just senses or reason.
- In plain terms
- True knowledge comes from union and sympathy, not just senses.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek knowledge through connection, not just analysis.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you seek truth?
- What is perfect sympathy?
Another view
Reason and senses are also tools for knowledge.
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