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But even the idealist who carries his principles so far as to deny all ejects or at least that we can affirm them as real will still recognize the transcendent in some form. If he does not recognize it as we have done in these discussions in the final reference of all processes of the relative phenomenal to meta- physical grounds upon which their rationality ultimately depends he will recognize it like Mr Spencer in the assertion of reality the nature of which is wholly be- yond our power to determine or even to conceive. Tran- scendence in some form will force itself on every form of theory except that of pure phenomenalism. But pure phenomenalism is itself the denial of transcendence must make its claim good. If pure phenomenalism be the true theory why should there be existents that lie be- yond our ken if ejects be given up why do we any longer distinguish between ourselves other beings And if we concede these other beings as pure projections of ourselves upon an empty background why are we phe- nomenalists at all In world of pure appearance the appearance becomes the absolutely real the pure phe- nomenalist is the absolutist. prev next |