Religion and Science
6. The Man Science Failed To Discover
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the utmost interest. They would also remain
unanswered. It is quite evident that the
accomplishments of all the sciences having
man as an object remain insufficient, and that
our knowledge of ourselves is still most
rudimentary.
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This passage more than adequately demonstrates
that we still have not formulated a true science of
man. About the material part of human existence
we are fairly well informed, but we are completely
ignorant of who or what controls it. Life is still a
mystery to us, and until it is unveiled, there can be
no proper apprehension of what,
in essence,
it is.
Alexis Carrel’s book,
Man, the Unknown,
is an
attempt to make scientific approach to its discovery.
Today man can split an atom; he can make icy lands
habitable; he has walked on the moon and sent
probes into outer space. Such instances of advanced
technological progress give the impression that if
man can learn so much about his material
environment that he is able to exploit it at will, he
should certainly be able to discover
himself
and in
the process, set right whatever ails him. But there
