THE VOCATION OF PHILOSOPHY 63 



There exists a system of values. As surely 

 as the Spirit is a living unity, there is a har- 

 mony to be created between the fundamental 

 tendencies of the spiritual life. It is the voca- 

 tion of philosophy as a guide to the spirit, to 

 raise the knowledge of values and of the sys- 

 tem of values to the clearness of the concept — 

 to maintain, at whatever cost of struggle and 

 effort, the harmonious disposition of our life. 



It was this vocation which, over and above 

 its scientific calling, philosophy fulfilled in 

 days gone by, and this same twofold calling is 

 still its mission to the present day. 



