Fragmentary drafts for the first, second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and tenth images

But Thomasius also appears to me as the creator of the highest spiritual goods. It is not a man of intellectual dreams who speaks to you in me. That is who I once was. For many years now, I have thoroughly tested my powers against the harsh resistance of matter. I know how the practice of life masters mere thinking, which seeks to penetrate the mysteries of the world through itself alone. But because I know this, I pass judgment on Thomasius' achievement. I know of nothing in the realm of the most rigorous science that would contradict the way Thomasius shows the human soul its true origin from everything we can know today.