Religion and Science
6. The Man Science Failed To Discover
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disintegrates, the protoplasm is rendered lifeless. It
is as if a particular arrangement were responsible
for the existence of soul in the protoplasm. But the
difficulty that confronts us is that so long as we
keep this arrangement intact, the protoplasm cannot
be chemically analysed. The moment we break it,
life vanishes. Whenever protoplasm is subjected to
chemical analysis, the soul has already left it. And
this will always be the case. Science will always
remain in the dark regarding the reality of life. But
this is not the end of our problem. It goes much
deeper than this.
Let us suppose someone sets out to unveil reality,
thus disclosing to man the law of life, and, to this
end, he begins the study of human settlements.
After prolonged examination of different societies,
he comes to the conclusion that, since society is
composed of human beings, he had best concern
himself with the individual, the better to
understand the group. So he reduces his focus
accordingly. His first preoccupation then is with
psychology. But he soon realizes that no single
philosophy emerges, because there are several
schools of thought on the subject, all arriving at
