The Classics of the World and Worldview

All other expressions of human life are like imperfect precursors to these highest manifestations of thought. The entire historical life of humanity is composed of such precursors. Therefore, anyone who follows the external course of historical events will find many things that do not correspond to pure thought, which is the object of reason. But those who look deeper will see that rational thought is nevertheless realized in historical development. It is realized only in a way that appears ungodly in its immediate outward appearance. One can therefore say, on the whole: “Everything that is real is rational.” And what matters is that in the