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and logical grounds, but that it is impossible to
prove anything by reason, even in this age of
reason. If any rational movement has ever suc-
ceeded, it is not by dint of logical arguments, but
because, by chance or by accident, it contained
certain emotional aspects as well. We can furnish
some instances from Socialism, Democracy,
Evolution and so on. It is a fact that Socialism, up
till now, has yet to be established by the standards
of pure reason. Democracy has been exposed to
innumerable objections, to which no satisfactory
answer has yet been given. The theory of biological
evolution, from the academic point of view, has so
many flaws that it can at best be described as a
belief rather than a theory. The success of these
theories does not lie in their being rational and
logical arguments, but in their having benefited
from an emotional environment which already
existed.
To prove something by means of pure logic and
reason is indeed to attempt to catch a phoenix
which has yet to exist. But there are other factors
which we can put to good use. They are nature and
tradition. It is no exaggeration to say that, even
