Human, All Too Human, Part 136 summary
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In 136, the argument challenges the claim that asceticism and sanctity lie beyond natural explanation, while admitting that science does not yet explain them successfully. It proposes examining the separate impulses of saints and ascetics, then considering their combination, rather than treating unexplained complexity as proof of miracles.
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- Some thinkers present asceticism and sanctity as miraculous and treat rational questioning as sacrilege.
- Science permits doubt about their supposedly supernatural character, although its attempts at explanation remain unsuccessful.
- Religious believers and metaphysicians treat the unexplained as supernatural, a demand the scientific thinker rejects.
- The argument identifies complexity as the first apparent feature of asceticism and sanctity.
- It proposes separating the saint's and ascetic's impulses before examining how they combine.
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