Science#
Summary#
Science, having successfully emancipated itself from theology whose “handmaid” it had been for too long, now threatens to overstep its proper rank by attempting to lay down laws for philosophy and play the master. This declaration of independence by the scientific man represents one of the subtler aftereffects of democratic organization, with self-glorification and self-conceit in full bloom. While science flourishes with good conscience clearly visible on its countenance, philosophy has reduced itself to mere “theory of knowledge,” never getting beyond the threshold and rigorously denying itself the right to enter.