COMMENTS: INTROSPECTION
Abstract
the ultimate one knowsonly sayingwith qualification. to the effect thatis to know thatis thatis aging thatthe fact (begthe question in using the word âfactâ) the statement is self-contradictory.the word âagnosticâ useful in more than is in a genone practicalof knowledge nothing, despiteHowever, eral wayapplication. But to cometo knowledgeof self.marvellous chemical laboratory and a wonderful machine. It is self-regulating, and beyond giving it ordinary decent care, even sometimes without such care, it will run itself quite well without any help from what we laughingly speak of as our ego. In fact when the ego begins to interfere, things are likely to run badly and in the direction of hypochondriasis. These matters are soCommonly two aspects of the person are spoken of-the narrowly physical part, the machine; and the part that has to do mainly with consciousness, and variously referred to as the psyche, mind, entelechy, soul or spirit. This latter, with a bow to Hegel, may be thought of as a sort of upper chamber or attic of the mind. However, itas hardlyfor theto deservemention,seems aspectreasonable of selfto consider the before venturingphysical into thearcana of the psychological There will probably ment that the commoncleanliness, temperance of discipline-shouldand observed by