THE NEW WINE
259
infinitely small results in SOME UNKNOWN
FINITE NUM
BER EXTENDED
IN AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CATEGORIES .
It happened
when this our Great Inversion took place ,
from the essence
of the nothingness to finity extended
in
innumerable
categories , that
an
incalculably
vast
system was produced .
Merely
by chance , chance
in
the truest sense of the term , we are found with gods ,
men , stars , plants , devils , colours , forces, and
all
the
materials
of
the Cosmos
:
and with
them
,
space
and
causality
,
the conditions
limiting
and involving
them
all
.”
Thus from the Hegelian
abstraction
of
the non ens
we have
at
last touched bottom
,
and have come down
to
the facts
of
real life
.
Empty space
is
the postulate
of
all
metaphysics
,
but
all
absolute
quantities
finally
must
be
beyond the finitely reasoning mind
.
1
SPACE
This assertion
of
the
Absolute
Zero
may truly
at
first
sight
appear
to
be
a
somewhat
exaggerated
statement
;
but on due
consideration
it
will
be
dis
closed
,
that not only do
all
physics and metaphysics
rest on this
bed
-
rock
of
nothingness
;
but
,
that also
both abstract philosopher
and scientist alike
,
have
in
no
way
leapt
its
fiery
circumference
.
When
the
scientist
eternalizes
matter and motion
by
asserting
their absolute indestructibility
,
he
is
merely asserting
an
absolute unity
,
which
in
reality
is
a
synonym
of
absolute nullity
-
0
=
1,
but
he
at
once
,
to
propitiate
i
Berashith
,
vol
.
ii,
pp
.
236
,
237
.