GA10:37-38 – Ciência e Princípio da Razão

How do things stand? We pursue the study of the sciences with the greatest zeal. We get to know their various fields down to every wayside nook and minute cranny. We rehearse the procedures of the sciences. We even have an ear out for the particular disciplines and take note of the whole of the sciences. We let ourselves go on about how the realms of nature and history are not so sharply separated from each other as it may seem from the arrangement of the diverse university faculties. Everywhere a nimble, gratifying spirit is at work in the study of the sciences. But if we reflect for a moment on the question posed a moment ago, we must still say that in all our endeavors in the sciences we haven’t ever stumbled on the principle of reason. Yet, without this mighty Principle there would be no modern science, and without such a science there would be no university as we have it today. The university is grounded on the principle of reason. (GA10EN:24)