166 HAS SCIENCE DISCOVERED GOD? 



cannot be ignored In the fields of biology, psychology, 

 and sociology; or, to say the same thing in a dif- 

 ferent way, the methods and concepts of chemistry 

 and physics, mechanics and dynamics, go much fur- 

 ther towards exhausting the situation in the domain 

 of things, than they do in the realm of organisms, or 

 in the kingdom of man. But even when the scientific 

 description goes far towards exhausting the situation, 

 It may remain In obvious ways partial and abstract — 

 simply because it Is reached by using certain methods 

 and these only. Thus part of the reality of a country- 

 side, to those of us who enjoy it. Is the beauty of the 

 scenery, but while this beauty Is to us as real a fact 

 as the mineral character of the mountains, It Is not 

 realised by us in the same way. The aesthetic emotion, 

 in short, contributes to our total appreciation of the 

 countryside just as legitimately as does our scientific 

 analysis. Science is the only road to accurate descrip- 

 tion, but the pathways of feeling and of obedience are 

 also rights of way towards reality — towards truth. 



We have often used the homely metaphor, that 

 scientific inquiry Is like fishing In the sea with certain 

 kinds of net, varying in their size of mesh. But there 

 may be much In the sea of reality which can never be 

 caught with gear and tackle of the scientific type — 

 measuring, weighing, enumerating, analysing, and so 

 forth. Yet we may come to know these treasures of 

 the deep in other ways! It was a wise man who said: 

 Nur was du fiihlst, das ist dein Eigenthum (Only 

 what you feel is your very own) . And there are other 

 riches of wisdom. In regard to which we can only say: 

 Vivendo discimus. Obedience is a pathway, to "know- 

 ing the doctrine." 



