Religion and Science
6. The Man Science Failed To Discover
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different conclusions. One school claims that the
senses are central to all human actions while others
say that all man’s responses are reactions to
impressions received consciously or unconsciously
from the external world. Yet others say that it is
sexual desires which provides the stimulus for all of
man’s actions. A different type of study shows that
an unrecognized urge to realize a certain set of
ideals keeps man active. Some schools of thought
take consciousness to be a reality and explain the
whole of man’s being in relation to this; others hold
that the mind and intellect have no existence, and
that there is no central power commanding the
various parts of the body. Rather the parts which
receive most attention are better developed and that
is what makes it possible, for example, for one man
to be highly skilled in dancing, another in archery
and yet another in profound reflection. These
differences in thinking in the field of psychology go
to such extremes that one might be led to wonder if
there were any such unified science as psychology.
On seeing this jungle of ideas, our inquirer thinks of
studying another aspect of human existence -
biology - in order to come to more cogent
