THE PRIMAL MIND 



man and the universe are one. Yet the body seems 

 to know things which the mind does not know, as 

 there is a wisdom in the universe that man cannot 

 compass. We separate ourselves in thought from 

 our bodies, on the one hand, and from the universe, 

 on the other, while in reality the unity in both cases 

 is complete. 



I think the knowledge the animal seems to possess 

 is of the same kind and degree as the knowledge its 

 body seems to possess, and which enables it to dis- 

 charge all its functions and build itself up and repro- 

 duce itself. But man transcends his body, he knows 

 more than it does, more than outward nature about 

 him does. It is as if he had eyes while they had only 

 the sense of touch. His reason is his mind's eye; 

 man sees, but his dog, as it were, goes by touch. 



