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Les diagrammes suivants lllustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 6 6 M 3E M H fag as mm as i ss R]S as sj^^isri^i^is [HJ,^lH] [HJ^,U£] IHj;^"li£] SlV^xlS •^•is 5\MM SJVr^^ 51MJS Si^lS 51^1^ 3JSS 5mM SJ^is 51HqLIM Se mm ■^ y? f^igf^^ witJp the pfpiloiiGpheps ^- o>oo<^o— — A D^AMA IN 3 A0TS m 00 fas alE mm mm mm 31^ Ills (@ Hlg 30 35 30 1' Rl[s^ BY Rlls^ 30 mm 30 i ^ m ^\^ 30 S:eD. S< Cvi -IF ©Ijifit, p ' O C^^ .XSsgsa>oe; o •i.\ti P ■'■' f [STUDENTS] Faustinas -.-.--- Mr. M. Mc¥Lei\x\a Positivus " W. WalsYv [PHILOSOPHERS] Pythagoras ----- - ' 3.?oVey Socrates '^ G. ?i\,zgera\d Plato " Ei. "Flemmg Aristotle ' Wl^ee Cicero " D'RrcyMoGee St. Augustine - LE^yan St. Thomas ------- - T.MoWaiid Descartes " 3. Garland Leibnitz -' j.Qm\\.y ■^r^^jg^gy" 3l ;e -H Q(2t 3f. ^ .1 slinlcnt\i rootu very simple, a few materials for -vrithig^ a table ^ a few chairs^ two side-doors. (SCEHE^O) FAUSTIXUS. Alone, (;ccuiiied in study and lecding. I\f;id>. "(jotl is the source not only of existences liiitalso of es- sences, itiasiiiuch as they are real or, which conies to the same, tlie sourcj of whatever reality there is in possibility without Ilini there would be no reality in possibilitit.s , and not'.iin^not only woul 1 not existbut would not ever be possible." ( )!i '. Leibnitz wlat a <^reat tliouj^ht nou have written here in your "PIIILOSOPIIICAL PRINCIPLES." Ah ! but it is very jMolbund and my lin.ited mind camiot penetrate it. Philosophy is inde ' 1 beautiful and noble, but \ et, how arduous I Why do phi- l'>vopheis say ih( se tl.iii«;s in ^uch dry and unfamiliar languages.'' Hut nevert'.ielcss, tliou. Oh , philosophy , L lo\e thee still , thou art my onl\ passion . ^C£Hy^ I'l^itivus [enters in an cxcittd manner J Sa\. Tans: inns, throw that hook aside, I am yoing to the Opera to sec TrilbN : won't \ ou come.^ IWl'STINUS. Trilhy 1 Trilby ! what is tl^at } POSITIVES. Trilby, old bo\ , why. Trilby is everything nowadays , there is but one Trilhv in the woild , Trilhv'is all the rage , everyone reads Trilhv , e\er\()ue goes to sei? Trilby , everyone is in ec- sties over Her : and then besitles Trilby, there is Trilby's foot which is a marxel ! They say there is but one other foot like it. FAliSTlGUS. 1 1 ivVsM.J And whose is that.' pcsrnvus. \\ hy it's 1r r other loot of course,! a Iha ! Then there is Sve nguli. ihai devil of an hypnotist. Say, old boy, you shoukhi't miss that. V. On.e alon;.',\ve will have a j<)ll> good time. FAUSTINUS. Many thanks,but I cannot accept) our invitation. POSITIVUS. And why ho'l ^ FAUSTINUS. You know that I have no love for theatres, :mu1 that I derive much more pleasure from my philosophical studies. I l'.a\ e just been reading an atlmirablc passage from Leibnitz. POSITIVUS. Oh IPshaw to the mischief with philosophy. But now seriousK , do you really believe in it ? And it is for such reveries and empt\ dreams, that you deprive yourself of the real ciijoymcrits of life. - FAUSTINUS. Yes friend, for me theie is nothing so sweet in life as philosopin POSITIVUS. (ap'^O Really he is out . (aloud) Why Fiiustinus,y{)u shock me. I c;;n undeistnnd the sense of studying philo.so phy to kill time or to win a B.A. ; and looking at it in that light I can lesign mvself to it ,but to study it seriously , or to become pa.ssionately attiu bed (oil. that's really beyond my comprehension niul (u.e must ha\e lost his ment.il equilibrium to do it Hut tor goodness sake (ell n:e what ib philosophy ,what does it amount to.' FAUSTINUS You wish to tease me \()U know very well it is ;i scier.ce ... POSITIVUS. That is sufficient. You will tell me that it is the cjueen of sciences a queen I but one of "whom the .-ciences are little proud . What! are you still tied to her apron strings r Philosophy a science ! Well that's a good one . and what does a philo - sopher know } Why one of }()ur most celebrated . Socrates , I believe , said that he knew but one thing , and tiiat was that he knew nothing at all , an astounding levelation indeed. after he had lieen phik)sophizing for llfty years : and thev ga\e that sport , Socrates, a dose of hemlock . but 1 would ha\e recommended three grains of Ilelleboie or ;* cold water bath to cool his brain . 3 FAUSTINUS. The pin'oiiiid wo ds of Focrntt's are beyond vour limit d com - jjrclicn^ion . in any cnsj , philosophy would teach you at least to lesjjcct great men . POSITIVUS. Tardon mt? it" 1 hurt your feelinj^s , but philosophers , great men ! W'liy Cicero who ought to know them since he was one of them said : — "■There is no opinion too absurd for a philosopher to (K'fend ." And again he exclaimed : — " O , credulous race of Philosophers:" FAUSTINUS. My dear Positivus . to ever\ thing that von may say , here is my answer : — ])hilosophy may be comjiared to rare wines , which aic so jirecious tliat thev are evervwhere counterfeited Like - wise t'.iere are gxxl philosophers as well as poor ones . PCSITIVUS. Is that Si) rWcIi I w( uld 1 kc to iml ile some of this good philo - s)!)! ic 1 wine But I warn vou .... 1 .... no sophistr/ witli me . w'.ial label am I to distin<'"uish these bottles of '.rood wine? By FAUSTIXl'S 0!i ! \<)u materialistic joker ,• I th e on e siffn that is necessary is ;u:i,l reason armed with the torch of evidence POSITIVUS. A wcnlcrfiil rc\elition! Tlie ,■ al pro claim eyidence as their cii'crion up )n which thi>\' biiild system alter system ; and hurling anathemas at one another , thc\- were unable to agree even amoni'" t leinsch es It was said of one that lie was a deist rismir a s an ccplic at bi eakf tst, an atheist at dinn jr, a |,.antheist at supper , a 1) -Ktheist at iK-d-timi* . And even mine I would not dare lo sa\ t!^-it pliilt.snplicjs are mountebanks , if one of them had not ahfadv said , :- To heai" philosoi)hers theorize , one, would lake them f)r a troop of fakirs , each yelling fr;;m his stand; >• Come on good ]:)i'oph' : Kiglit this way ; Mine is the only genuine article on tlie market " FAUSTINUS. Then according to you there is no <^()()d in phil()s:)ph\ ? POSITIVUS. Oh I ves it teaches some j^ood anticiuatt-d maxims . Hut these were known before philos'iphy was dicamed ot'. Tell me, is there any need of philosophers to know that there is a soul , a God , a future life , good and evil r My goodness I the red-skins of Canada know that, without bothering themselves about Aristotle and Co . FAUSTINUS. Philosophy fathoms these great truths . POSITIVUS. Say rather that p'.iilosophv giope-; in the dark and breathes doubt , and your philos jplurs iiave the happv fisculty ol express- ing the simplest truths in s^Squip^delian circumlocutions , in such a manner that if I say a thing I imdei stand , and that you do understiMi 1 likewise , that Is not philosophy , and if I sav a thing 1 understand and that } on do not ind.rs'and , that is not philosophy either , but if I say m thing that I do not inuler- stand any more tlian you do , ah I then that is p iilosoph,\ I FAUSTINUS. All your joking can njvcr alter my tasle . POSITIVUS. IJut my poor fellow if vou wish to study , at least , stutlv some - thing useful . I'hysics foi- instance which teaci.es us to n.ake barometers ; or Chemistry which teaches us to make soap;oi- Geology which affords us coal oil ; oi Mathematics which shows us the secrets of statistics . These at least are practical , but of what value is philosophy .' I think I can tell you . One day , a philo- sopher while crossing a ii\er locked with di.Mlain upon the liumble boatman who accon.panied him , and said :- Mv good f«llow , do you know Logic ? — No sir , leplie 1 the riverman . Then you have lost half of yovu" life . Do vou know Ethics r — No sir . Then you have lost the other halt' ( f your life. Put suddenly a violent gust of '.\ ind upset the boat , then the Ik at - man said to the disciple of Aristotle - Do vou know how to swim.'' — No , said he . Then philosopher, xou have lost the whole of your life. Behold your philosophy! Time presses : once more I ask you , will you come to the theatre ? M- tliese lit- , is (Uil , a -skins about F-AUSTINUS. No : I tt'll you , -- j^o on , you fatig^ue me with your joking. POSITIVUS. !)on"t get nit'tlc.l ol.l fellow . I hope philosophy will soothe vmu : (iooil-hye I am going to see Trilby and will tell you all about it when 1 return. file goes out humming. J Hi Qet 2. K SCENE^h' i FAUSTINUS. (Alone.) I le goes away sneei ing .() God that one should be so blind ! 1 low darest thou . narrow -minded ) outh , thus blaspheme that which is the most beautiful emanation of superior wisdom , divine philosophy I Well I let them ^ay what they will . I love tlif noble speculations of philosophy above all , T prefer to all tilings its sublime aspirationsto the knowledge of an invisible world : I delight in those bold researches after the idtimate causes i)f tie world , of man and of God . Yes physics , chemistry , m.ithematics are something ; but above all towers philosophy. There . my mind sees clearlv , there I breathe freely . [He goes to t'.ie window.] How silent and peaceful is the night ! What myriads of brilliant stars are in the heavens I It was on one of these beautiful nights that l'\ tliagoras heard the harmony of the celestial spheres . Pythagoras, and those other immortal geniuses who have appear- ed as beacou-li^^hts in all ages , those sages who have sung of tratliaii I l)eauty in the world . Oh I how I woidd like to see them at this hour to converse with one of them ! they woidd tjll nie the secret of their wisdom , they would show me where to fiud that plenitude of truth for which my soul thirsts . After all, why snoidd they !iot come , those lofty minds , as amiable and g them passionately . [Raising his arms ,] Oh ! come , come down from those ethereal regions , ye super- human spirits , lights of humanity ! Come to me ! come and whisper in my ear , in the drowsy silence of the night , the word of ancient wisdom I Come, my heart is wringing with anguish ! I sigh for truth and trutli escapes me . Come , spirits of the great sages of old , come and enlighten my mind as the the flash of lightning illumines the dark stormy night I What I So soon ! Ah ! I knew that my voice would be heard in the Elysium of true sages . s^ -»-« scene¥°2 [PYTIIAGOUAS ENTEHS.] [Noble and majestic bearing ; long wiiite beard ; white gown .] FAUSTINUS. Who art thou, venerable sage , whom I would take for n god descended upon earth ? PYTHAGORAo. I am not a sage, I :iin only the fiitiid of wistloni , o PHILOSOPHOS ! FAUSTINUS Well then , O philosopher , tell me . what is the woi Id ? PYTHAGORAS. The world is the COSMOS , because it is order . FAUSTINUS. Sage of Crotona during, the beauti.id nights of Hespeira , tliou art said to have contemplated heavenly bodies, and the stars in the sky . PY^THAGORAS. Yes , and like the ancient minds . wrapt in a imirati)!!,! listened to the great harmony of the celestial spheres , which unhappily human ears filled with other sounds , have failed to listen Hark ! youug friend of wisdom , everything is silent now on this earth ; hearest thou those sweet melodies from worlds that are far away ? 7 [Behind ihe curtain is heard soft music] FAUSTIxNUS. () (lelii;lu ! () sweet enchantment I 01 if men only knew and u ished I [vhe music stops; then after a short silence . ] And now ,P\thagoras , teach me still what the human soul is ? PYTHAGORAS. A living and motive unity , a spark of the God Creator. FAUSTINUS. Hut \vh\'. ( ) Pythaj^oras ,hast thou taught MetempsychoRis , those endless migrations of the soul into bodiesof men and animals.'' PYTHAGORAS. because » symbol is necessary to the rude intellects of mortals and Mctempsychc;sis is the symbol of tlie eternal destinies of the soul FAUSTINUS. .\nd Goil,() sage , tell me what He is , do you know .'* PYTHAGORAS. God is the supreme MONAD and the sacred TRIAD. [Starts to go .] FAUSTINUS. () I stay . llast thou nothing more to reveal ? PYTHAGORAS. Young man , remember, one of the Golden Verses of Pythagoras was : — •' Mortal , speak thou not , until eternity . ..of the great u)ystery ot divinity". Adieu . FAUSTINUS. Otell me . tell me the entire truth ! PYTHAGORAS. Worthier lips will reveal itto thee. I have been but the early dawn . [Exit .J 8 FAUSTINUS. It is strange ! There is in my soul a mixture of liglit and dark- ness . I see as if 't were in the twilight But, here is an other sage . Heavens ! it is Sociates . «-'B •♦' ^<^ SCENE'1^3' [sOCRATES , /.AKGE OF STATURK , WEARl \(; A IMI ILOSOl'II Er's CLOAK .] FAUSTINUS. O thou who comest hither I under this coarse aspect , I iccognizc and salute thee , C) Socrates , saviour of philosophy , creator of moral science , thee whom the oracle hath declared "'• to in: THE MOST VIRTUOUS OF MEN " SOCRATES. Young man , praise God alone . He only is I>cingajui Infallible Wisdom . FAUSTI.VUS. ! Socrates , if I admire the life of the sage, 1 honor thy death which was that of a martyi , and I sav with (,'icero :- '• I weep whenever I read in PLATO , ' The death of Socrates. ' " SOCRATES. 1 was dying for tiuth and justice . I was rising to immortality . Is it not a pleasure and glory to die tluis .' But there is One whose life and death is more than those of man . FAUSTINUS. O Socrates. I understand of Whom thou speakest Bu' what was the cai se of thy death ? SOCRATES. The principal accusation of m>' er.emieswas that I did r.ot ac- knowle.lge the gods of Athens and that I spoke of another di- vinity . They were right Incause 1 taught that al)i)\e all things there is a superhuman and invisilile (Jod, Who hath made hea\en aiui earth . Asa ivhilosophjr , it was only n\\ duty, •Ml 1 iin i"ii;'it ' > M nounc^ t'.iese <^ieat truths . But as a citizen, I was guilty of changing the Institutions of the Stale I was con- (lemneil . FAUSTINUS. And \oa (lied SOCRATES. Without fear or regret, in the midst of my disciples , after having cunversed with them on the truth and bc^auty of imm;}rtal life. FAUSTINUS. But why , son of S )f)hro!Uj,cus , did you order, wlien dying, that a fowl should be sacrificed to Esculapius? SOCRATES. It was to thank the Divinity for having cured me of life for, that wdiich you call life, is a fleeting dieam, and death an awaken- ing . FAUSTINUS. What was thy greatest work on earth ? SOCRATES. To have educated Plato . Adieu . (exit.) FAUSTINUS. .Adieu ! martyr of truth . Oh ! t) what height philosophy eleva- tes great ininds I . Socrates would that I lia 1 been thjre , in the prison of Athens, before th'it audience of young but faithful tlisciples ! Holding in your hand the cup tli.it contained the fatal draught , you conversed quietly on the soul and on immortality But here come two sages s[)eaking together with animation; can it be , great (> ) 1 I Yes, I sci tli'j divitiL; Plato and the great Aristotlt . ^SCEME^^4^ [iM.ATO AND AKISTOTLH HNTRK SPEAKING TOGETHER .] PLATO Founder o! tlie Lyceum , to contradict me thus , dost thou for- ij^et that Greece anil Rome and all Eurc oe have called me the DI VINEi ^'^•^'^ •' ^^*^ ^'^ •^' firget that thou hadst been for twenty ytars my disciple ? lO ARISTOTLE . P\ai iler of the Academy . I have forgotten nothing . I have ad- mire I , [ h ivi I )v..» 1 th-e . Hnt if I loved Plato , I loved truth s 1! m ) t : ^'amicus Plato magis arnica Veritas ." PLA ro . Confess t'lat my philosophy is more elevated . It touches the caith Mul Icxps thence into the bri^^ht domain of ideas , and from idcAs to rrach the primary unity ,the infinite , the absolute. ARISTOTLE . Ve!< . thy philosophy indulges in bold flights, but it is often lost in the clouds, l iiou sparest so high in the skits that thou for- gcttest earth and its rcsilitit s . But I have brought back to its proi^cr sph jre that wandering philosopliy which thou wast lead- ing astr.iv. I bavc wished to study our own world in its phen- omena . It is not so lofty , but it is more ical . Thou hadst wings t ) fl\ . 1 ;<>kf(l of naiurcbut Icadtn feet to trace on the earth a (kcp luitdw . '\ lu u hasr spoken like a brilliant poet. I adop- ted go luetricil mct!io(ian(l prccisoii. It is less animated than that of yours but much clearer . PLATO . But tliv philoso[)hy i^ jilmost silent about C(.d , whilst He fills *.\\k\ governs mine . He it for me the only essential Being . He al( ne IS , the lest is not hut EXISTS . He i.s the supreme Reason of all things, O LOGOS . He i« the eternal Sun of in- tellects . He is Moral Law personified . ARISTOTLE, Ye» , Plato , thou hast so well spokea of God that I , coming alter tliec . found nothing to adil . 1 confined myself to saving •) at He is a moat pure actuality , tlie first immovable Motor . But it is in Psychology that I surpass thee. Thou hadst made o,' t!v.' to il , I kn )w not what, a celestial 8[)irit wandering in this \v irl 1 : I hiA/i.' re 1 ic 1 it t ) b.' o ily wliat it is ; a human soul , a f» r n of the organic body. I have analysed all its faculties and all phenomena of iis intellectual life. PLATO Well , but thou hadst said nothing on the immortality ofthe soul ; and yet thou hadst read my PH/EDON ! ARISTOTLE Immortality I Whv . I have not denied it • II I have ad- loved truth touches the ideas , and le absolute. is often lost ^t thou for- back to its 1 wast lead- in its phen- ladst wings n the earth et . I adop- :ed than that lilst He fills Being . He le supreme 1 Sun of in- t I , coming If to saying )Ie Motor . hadtt made ering in this iman soul , its faculties rtality off he Good excuse: iiu! But at k; st I r\ as well as 1 di 1. TLATO. v.'t i")r ;i !'i.uni!cr ol a sc!.(.ul I ARisroTLi:. (.\ 1 in M.;;!'.s Xu (-nc !i; s ;;r,;il\ seil tlvj \irtuc> r:.. •.;■(). Yes but thy moral teaching, alt'vugli irgeni .ns, is radically vicious since it is al)si)liitcl\ '^' > ilt-s-. ; it is \\ ithoiit definite ic- sult since it has no saacti')i-i. Thou hast c )ncelved no higher id- eal for man , tli;in to be a Ifaincd Pcripatctician , a faitiiful hus- band , a ten-.ler 1'xthei . and a healthy man . I al\\a\s taught that free creatures siiould tend to (iod as their end . I said that true wisdom cc-iisists in loving God AKIS'lOTLE. Thou l.nowest whait 1 replied to thee : "■ How can we lo\e J* . ■ >> upUcr. : TLATO. This sa\iiig condemns tiiee ' When d\in^- 1 foresaw that He would come on eartli , lh;it Pivine M;iii who \\()nld give to men the entire trutli , an 1 with truth . eternal life . Wheretbre I ordered that on m\ ashes be set this inscription fngrav«d on a golden tablet :''i'iiKisr w i i.i. lu; r.Mi;\i-: oi' a \ nuiix and i HKI.IICVK IN II I M AKl^TCTI K. Well . Plat I . here at ie;ist we agree . In my last moments, I exclaimed :"I came to ttiis world . stained with ini([uitv ; in it 1 ha\e lived m aii\iety : iiAvi''. PIT.' ON mi; I " lja\'e it in I'LAIX). lu'.ile ;e'ArsK op- causi;s I'l.iiosopher , give me your hand : let us he fi itnds . V.wuwl. FAISTIM'S. () iinmoital s:tges , let peace rei;^n in \(.iii r.lysinm I ^'ou have both been the guides . tlie bi, a:on-light» of humanity be- fore Rf'(lemptiou . h'or the aih ;ine^'nirnt ol" Philosophy \(>n were ncces;-;ir\ Alone , () di\iiu' Plato, yon would peihaps have thrown me into the sf.luctive doctrine of idealism . ^\lone . () wise Aristotle , -f)rgi\e me for saying it. -you would perhaps have plunged in • into gros-, mati'iialism ! ^SCENE^ ^e^ [CICEKO li.NTKUS CLAD ASA liOM AN I'A I H : CI A \ FA USTIN US. Wh:j art thou ii()l>le i^hilosoj^l.t-r .- I'lic S;ij4"Ch \\ lio ha\e jiifct-'- lee were children of the le«rnecl llellad , hut thou seemest .> he « Roman . CICERO. Ihou art not mistaken ,younjj^ man J am Ciccio . FAUSTINDS. I >;alute tlie jirince of oiatcrs . CICERO. Child, do notfnii^et that I have also loved and cultixatcd jjliilosn phv I Dost thou rt-memher the .solemn enlo^^x- I made ot'it .' FAUSriNUS. Yes ! nolde Roman .1 lia\ e read it on the \ c v\ i iiins (( i I tl e hi > 1 spark of passi( n f< r that divine seieiue . '1 hou \n ast sa\ in^ : "( > [)Iiilo> )pliv , sole i^niiL' of our life !(/ t!'.oti v\ ho teachest virtue and expellest \ ice , wl at >*()uld we 1 e w ith( vit thee.' '1 h< ii it is who hast hrou'^th foitli cities , und inspired scattered men \\ itli ihe love of society' . 'hou h;)st myde laws . firmed morals . ci- vilised nations . 1 seek refuge with thee . I implore th\' iissis- tance . And to what power s!.oul 1 we h:i\e recourse hut to thee, to give us traii'iuillit)- in life and ('.ii\e away the terrors of death 2 " " ClCi.RO. I have e\ igi'jrat.'d a giivat deal in m\ pompous encomium : 1 kn )\v now tn i" th .';-e is an )t'i-'r li j^'r , an ) 'i m- hope than philo- s)p!u'. And tlitt pro jf tlia!: it d )J^ no. su li.-j i-. t'lit i*t the very hour in which [ wrote those words , Brutus , nis friend , the last of tl I' H' iiKip lepi;! liciiis. was putting an end hi his lifi' in the fields of I'hilippi ; I losing \ i tue.thc d; lighter of pliilos •- pliy , eNcl^imiug •• (..'orsed h • viitor! I'hou »v\ hut a name . False phantom or \ile ^lavc > f t'irl me, hj '.'ion tor ever t'l.; lo: of my enemies . N 111 ■' 'I Y <« '3 FAUSTINU8. X:)'.\ , TiiUiiis, \vhe:c liast thou cxpft-s-^cd the most hcautirul of t'.i> iiu'tlitations on philisop'.ix : CK.l-lU). I;i ni\ treatise i)U 7 he i.( '.in ( < ] i / c f.\ < .s.v I c i 1 )m < i '; 'n cc, the I xistrncc of (lod.whiK: hcsitarnij, o;) ! I ;s lutiiie : 1 uil e^|H cinMv i:i !i. Dials, where niv In'iii! ;. . n.iis w ; s r. ( le ;it (; se : 'ihi>e were •IK '///.vrz/Ai'/V.?.', m , h i )\>'i'.i /) r'/ry ) i L fzc- a;i ! ■> i th..' Rcfu- (■!ic. I ha\e csi^ecialK' c,\\ !': lijx ti I i i> st ; ii ;ee. '1 \ i.ieh 1 ii ust .-.•y, 1 am 'proud. — since il \\> w toi' ire tie.' ll!'■!^•ils of ete ritv : "i know that tlie thou-^ht of ;ill wise men has heeu : 'I iieie is a i;tw,tlie fundamental law.whieli is not the tiiiit of the ijcnius of mannora skilfulinvention ottlu- ]:eople ; hut the eternal decree that commands and forbids . Tnish-iw, fumdati m of all others, is the supreme thont^ht of (»od who ouiers and torhids all with an infallible reason." FAl^STIXUS. Yes. Roman yjliilos )jjber tliese are ^•lcat id. as iliit first thou wast s'X'akiii^' to me ofauotlier li^ht oi" aiiollier h.ope l'>>;phun to me c:l";:ro. N , mv lips are nnwoiCix ul it Au' tier will disclose to thee '.!i. It sublime secret. Adimi, ' >-'i- FAI'STIMS. )-\\ iieart leaps for joy in my l)osom. ()h! wli.U happiness to c '.nserse with the ;4'lori(nis minds of the past TliMnks. no- ' ! ■ jthllosopiu : to thee 1 owe th.ese ('.e'.i_^hts I ^ et thee is a m\ster\- that Ikacis about these sa;;es. 'llu-ii' words are lull " ) est! ietions that 1 canuol uiuleisland Teihaps the-,' do n ; kn ! \ or caiuKit t 11 me al' iJiit who i:^ this coniin;4- hiliiev V it 1 t'.iL' lov):^ of an iiispired p'op'iet; A ^•reater peace, a soller li ' >i se.'rns to sliiie >n his brow. i^l^ylj M'Ail K> AUdUS'lNE. D 1 S> I I) AS .W .M KICAN lil^iiol' Or 'I III. Fotru rii (.i.NTua'i' ) trod be with \ou \ouu^ man ! .^incL' like Daniel you arc a m:4n of desire . a passionate Iomm' oi truth , the boavenly leather per- mits me tv) come ami speak to thee . lluste! Thou hast but a flei'tiuLi moment to lisliai to .\u;4ii;-tine . '4 FAUSTINUS. What I A Fathcj- of the Church with philosophers! A man of tlie Bible with men ot'reasijii I AUGUSTINE. V<)uii<^ thinker, kuo\seht thou not that the human e} e can C( tem})late the li^^ht oi" Cic d, < nl\ when it has first been ace tonied to tiie (rlimuier of reason : )n- us- PWUSTINUS. So then \enerjible msn, whoni I honor anil respect , thou hast loved philosophy ! AUGUSTINE. Dost tliou foi;.;et that I have written these words wh.ich represent the tendencies of the cliristian soul : "Love thou |)assionately intelli»l world , and of pure love. FAUSTINUS. Then . di\ine doctor , \\ hat hast thou thouj^ht on the great n;-oble;n of thj oiig in of ideas .- AlCiUS'l'INE. (iod is the generating centri' of our thoughts. He is the intel- lecUml light in v\ hich , for which and b\ which flie intelligible world is ieflect"d in onr intelligence . He has put in our being a rational soul. which c;;ii le ilhinnncd ;nid beatified onl\' b\' the ver\ essn.ct t>\ (iod. \\\- see the iiuuMitadle truth of all thing-- in the ett'i nal rau-c'-. in I he \ ti \ light ct ( ii (b The atheist :ht. hunselr wlio tinii>a\\ii\ his exes Ironi that cv iM histni"" li< which ret le lis ia\s (11 (.Net', s(aM. ne\ 1 1 1 liilcss conceives eternit\ , tlu' i:ii mutable law -. ol' ti Mth and good. Where does he FAUSTINUS Light of Africa, the noble ideas which Uuni hast just exposed seem to rest'iiihle the tenets of that iiuxlern s-. stem of Ma- lebranche : the vision in God\ ai;gustine. Child, know thou t lat nothing is nioie ni\sterioiis than human thought, that very thought which desires to know everything and can not understand itself- But knowthis-well :the hunnan thought feels at a double source, the personal activity of the soul and the illumination of (jod : and this latter is by far the greatest. FAUSTINUS. Holy man, show me also the way to felicitx . AUGUSTJNE. Young philosopher, the tin.e lias not Net conic I bless you ! L«-^i'-J Farewell, ^ ^ SC EHE^ ^S FAUSllNUS. Ah I I feel m\ self ascending into a higlier sphere of light and peace T'^e sage ofllippona may liave bonowed from the schools of the Academy and ,)f Alexandria, Init he has, certainly been enlightened by a superior light Go, kind and noble philosopher, go and enjoy that lepose which thou hast so well painted out to wandering hunianitx : for it is tlieii who hast said : •' () Ciod, Thou hast Uiade us lor 'J"h\ sell. and <.nr lieait is always troubled until it tests in Thee ! '" — Hnt who is this ni(,nk with the white frook .'^ lias philcjsophy ever haunted the cloister.' rilOMAS. ^'es voung map, phll()s()])liy lixes in the cloister! For the soul never takes a better Higlit towards tlie infinite of truth than when it is nurcand freed from material bonds . Learn who I am. 1 In a small town vif Campania were Hannibal in forniei times was lost bv its volujituous pleasures, it is there that I first saw the liglit of day . CJregoiy IX. vvj's then goxeming the Church ; Frederick II. was the Caesar of the liol\ Roman Emj)ire ; and Louis VIII . the /./V)w. was King of Fiance. My ancestors, with their blood, infused in their tiescendant a little of their soul. I can theretore tell thee that I was the nephew of the great Frederic Barbarossa and that the Kings of Germany ( .illed me their cousin. On the other hand, n.v mother had infused in niv i6 NC'ins tlie Lldoil (if tilt' valoicnis Xorinan dukes, Robert Guis- cHvA. Hiul Tancrcile the hero of the Crusades. But no, I will not ;)iid« nivself upon hnvinjr l^tcn horn on the steps of the throne hut rather of having been t!ie humble disciple of eternal wisdom. Mount-Cassins where died the ] atiiarch Benedict cast its .shi 1 )\v up )n mv cradle : it was the blessed refujj^e of my child- hooij. .At the MLje when life opens wide its doors to youth, I ask'*d to bj inscril):>l in t!ie glorious militia of Dominic and I (1 tnned tlis w!iite tunic, aiid on mv head the mv«terious crown. F.\i:STI\US. [fntliii siaslical lyj ()1 he I k now now A n<'"e ot tiie . Thou art I'hon.as ot Aquinas I thou School I Be blessed for havinir lett a mwnieiit to comerse with nie, that s])here of radiant li^ht, \\ here in olden times Dante saw thee, when Beatrice led him inti) Paiadise But continue ihv recital. Oh An<^elic Doctor, ihou mv ii^uide and m\ master! Like the dawniuijj of the da\ , it sends a thrill of exultation throuL^h mv verv frame. TIIOMx\S. My parents, dazzled by the chimeric d (.li^nities of this world, ilraLi^ed me b\- ]jer force frv)m that refuge of wisdom and locked me in a feudal dunueon. But Ilea\en streiiij^htened me and when a vile ai;ent of hell, an impure courtesan laid snare^itorob me ol m\ innocence, I seized upon a blaziuL^ biand and dro\e that \\ rttclu'd creature tVoivi me. Then 1 i'ell on mv knees and made the solenui vow to live in inviohdde ])urit\' and to love but ( Jod in all this world. Heaven iatii"ied mv oMtli, for s!nce then 1 ha\e never known \;iin loveliness of the heart, and the mortal stinu'of the ilesh FAl\sriNL'S. () truly ,\tigelic Doctor I THOMAS. From that time, [ w as free, and Brother Thomas w ent to Fans, which was already the centre of science and of art, to study Letters, Metajdiysics and the IVible. Albert the (neat was m\ master. As I was silent in class, alwa\s attentive to \\iv lessons of tile teachers, always meditatinjr upon ort-it pro- blem'^, my co-disciples had named me ''The Mute Ox". (3ne day alter having f)itunately sohed a problem of high nittaphv- sic«>, Albert the (ireat said to the students: "'S'ou call Brother riiomaf. the mute ox, but one day the bellow ings of this ox will fdl the uni\eise : IIea\en h«d re\ealed to him the futuie. I? Ves, O A;i;4clic Doctor, youi tt'achinfi;s to xoiir coiitemporaries, your b)()ks t) iiilmi of all a^e>^. have jiroclanned truth more el- oc|ucntiy t'lan t'.u hu:iiau toiit^uc ha,l e\'er A )no hjtort,' oi will evei do after. Thy forty l)o.)ks, but espcciall, thc>>i*inaster-i)ieces. S//mma Contra (jciitcs ami the S/,m//?a V'Aco/oi^/ca ;iro ^(iur>:e.-< ot' liLj'lit uliencc all human generations draw wixiom. Thin hast peiiDnned man\ miracles as thou hast omijo.sed artiel.s. and tor six centui ies \ on have occupied the throne of div ine scii'nce, and as \ et l*ro\ idence has lais^d no successor, no ri\al to thee. d'lIOMAS. This \\ isdoni \\ hicli men admire is not t!ie fruit of nn' trenius. but the j^ilt of (jod. My p:a\ers ha\e L^'iven me more insight into the ;j;reat probknis than m\ l)v)oks and me;litations. FAUSTINUS. And wdi.;t was thy aim, Anj^elic Doctoi-, when thou vs ast c )nsumin.^ thy life in the production ci'tlu'se i.nnien:e woi'ks? THOMAS. Wdiat I wished was \\ hat I answ ered one da\ to m\ heaven- ly Master when He told me :- " 1 homas, \()U h.ive well written of Me, what reward do nou desire.' "And I ans\\ered ;''*Nothing b.'.t Idion, O Lord I" FAISI INUS. ;\nd on earth, thou h.ist an incomparabL' ij^lorv ; sincetl \ autli )i"it'. is supreme and s >l\''s all questions. I'inu hast turned to thine own account th.e renowned :-a\in:jf of the disciples ot Psthagora.s: autos cpJia, iiii-: .masikw s.md ir ! THOMAS. And \ et 1 like not the absolute enthusiasm ofmanv of ni\ discipl; s. 1 itlii.'-e va\ to 1 e a luauon that casts light, but 1 d<» not w ish to be a limit tliat stops it. Say that to all I Adiiu ! exit. , scene; 9 j FAUST I NTS. He disappears like a flash (if lightiung, Naidshing in the dark night 1 lis words ha\ e fdled my bosom with light and peace. Oh I v\hat will then lie the eternal re\elations, if already tlit* lips of the sages all'ord such rapturous delights I see ... iS [i:N IKK DF.SCAK Tits AM) I.j;iI?MTZ ] DESC.XRTES. 'I l',L';i'4'.'s !i:(.l riowii. tlie tai-it lijflits (.t'the \)oM no lonj^er satis^- t'icd t' (.■ iiitclk'ct. Man soii^Ut new t'leldn of learning, their minds nei'drd nt-w mctliods. Ari.^totk- held thout^ht in a worse boudaj^c tluin t'le l);)dv ever knev.'. It was necessary t(j tree- thoiiglit iVoni that xoko.'l'he old scliolastic method had rcij^ued lonjij enough, lMi!loso\»h\- wanted new formulas. I came, itiv book of method in one hand, a flr;^er of the other cjti my forehead and j^roclaim- e 1 : •• (ioo-/!o, cro-o s/,/ii I "- T think. therefore I am I- And a bright- er li(_;'i t shone on the vrorld : the idols tell and thought freed from 1) m h*"- t );>'.< its i*ii''hl: int: > tii.:; realm of truth. Li:iHX[TZ. Tiuh. Desccrte?;. thou s])eake.st willi the cnthusiam of ;.i j5rophct, thoM s.>?ii.'->t as M)ses on Nfount SinaV. But Aristotle did not destnc so n iih disd^dn. Jind thyre was much of good Im that old sc'iohis'dc inelhod, which yon lija\e so ill-treated ! DESCARTES. Hut it wav unaldc to save the sold from the negations ot materialism. Li:inMTZ .\!i I and \our philosoplu' had that power ^ DESCARTES. Yes, and tlvit tor y most simi.de rea?^on. I had but to sav : ••T'lL' scul t'ainks: thrrefoi-e it is uufxtended, simple and inima- tci ial ; theretbie it is iudi\isible and in.corriiptible ; therefore lumoi t; LEinxrrz. IVat biHitcs ;dso ha\c a soul and then DESC\\RTES. But h >ld ! 1 ha\<' shown that animals have no soul, that tli.'N aie automata, simple machines. EEIBNTTZ. A mar\(,r. but it is a doctrine that maid.talilishing the tiotioii of (j errois. DESCARTES. Yes I and \yhat are they, if thou pleasest LElilM TZ H\- th\- methodical doubt, thi tl )ii ha-t ^i\cu suj)poit to scepticism ; 1)\' thy defiintion ot sul^stauce, tliou iiast approved of the pantheism of Spiuosa ; li\ th.N ll'.eory on the automatism oi" brutes, thou hast opi-ned t'le w-ay to inateiialism ; b\ ih\- loo-jc of e\ idence, lliou liMst produced rationalism, which ihreale ns DESCAKTl-.S. t'lnlyl I see that thou hast entirely misunderstood \u\ philosoph\- : and besides, thou wast too nuich occupied in buildiuL;- tin' M O.NADS, and in\enlin'>' lh\ no^ el ofllie I'ki->ks r.MU.isii i:o n.xu .MOW Li:iBMTZ. IL'\- ! philosopher ofTouiaine, [\\\ ncixcs are \eiy irritable to-day DESCARTES. And ihou, Prussian philosopher thou seest (loid)lc. l''ALS'ri N US (wlio has silmily H.-^tfiud u> the last scene) Heavens I my mind wondeis anil m\ heart is afflicted . . . then thcv ai'e, those precursors and n e-*siahs of modern thought. II ere 20 Vmiv s )L' ojcm,} iti )•.! is t ) lie ip sy>t;iii ii'))n ss.-'tein ; i, ••.itu- ting when th;;y sh :)ul,l utliiin. tliL'v aic hcnt upon tMch othn'.s (lestniction. Aiul thoc cnntlicts i)t' tlioiinht lii-ne no lonm-i flv.- screiiitv of olden times No ^.-oimIci- that the iiitclLc; i il world is now-a-davs a ciiaos, \s i'.cre all .sli i;;:il;'I<.' confnsc'dly. tl.^ pan- (Ic'iioMiuni of all errors Hut why lia^ c they spol^Lu of aii:icM t aMil ni'xlei'u pliilosi.phy ' i )tu s ])hiliisiij)hy ^lov^ older? (.'an truth chant;e?... Dcnbt a^aiu t;,kes p(;^sessinn o{ inv soiii : \'et I h:i:l h');)jil s) nr,ic!i fr)P.i l .e presoucj of t!ie sa ■ •> ! () ii'nie t' .■ sajrcs of ihp ] a^t. thev 1 vc lie -a wii'i nie ; Tlvjir words have filled i;i\- soul wit]-, ''eli","-! . ; i'|,i Ms'm , and tlie in .nk es[)c"ciallv . seei.i to liau hioiL-d.t \. ith I e'n tlic eternal oracles : they \\ c e not n .mi. hut aiii^ils of i >ht. The sr u of truth has not vut reached its /.i .ith in ni\ .-.vjul, 1 -ei' hi * shadows'. .() (jod I 'i ' -.it I nia\- see! 'I'hal all > 'dicul ies ni;, . \anish I I wish (In INsiics.) 'i;GEI3i^2' i V p()srri\"r- llanjf \"ou"s.'ir I"aus!in\is ! ! ha\e •-eiMi Tril lu ! \,)!i wfre not ilvjie. I'"\(p.iisite I Inc luiparaMe I ..n i.'iic'iar.' : lent '. a r::'-ci- nation ! nnri\aled heanti.-s and harm ni, s ! and \\ h:it I }".■ in ihal world that speaks lo\ es and dies heiore \h rnaLTician Sv'en<;-ali, who hypnoti/.es Tiilhx and i^'^cs her the -.^ii'i of sdi^-. But Trilby, Trilhy especiall\ isthrchann, is the he^mtx of this i;;rand drama. () if son had heaid lier siiiL; \<>ii wonld ha\e thout^ht her a hea\enly niu^htinjj^ale ! S!ie s:mi ;• e\tn upon her death bed and died in yn h\ pnutic tiance cr\ ii j^- out. ••.S\ t n'jali Svengali Svetigali" Tnat's t'.ie sublime, th it's tie b autifuUti ijud ! I am realb' sorrv ycu were nt)t theie. We le.irn more in a ni- sophers Hnt tiow, Fanstimis, \ ,: do not answer me. ncm do not even notice me, \ on look feveiish I !"e'. nie what ails xon: FAUSlMXirS [.va;nl,.J I ha\e seen them I '1 hey lia\e passed belcie me ! Thex have sijoken to me I Who were tliev POSITIVL'S. FAL'STIXUS. The saj^es of oUlcn lime, P\ thaj^orns, Socrates, and the others ; ami their presence has fiUeil my soul ami even my little room with a ray ot' li*jht ' . hich mortal men ignore. POSITIVUS. [asidej UpoH m\ word j)hilos()phy th-ives him era/.}- [aloiulj See here mv friend, it is hallucin.ition oi' \<)ur hrain. If nou have come to see Trilby and her ideal feet , this would r.ot have happened to vou. FAl>riMIS Leav me alone with your I'rilhy and her feet: I care not for them. I tell }()'i, 1 have seen the ^reat Sai^es with mv verv eves. POSITIVUS. Faustinus, vou know I run xour friend. Hut, I fiyi that instead of leadin;.^ y< ii to tlie academy it will drive nou to an asvlum. Take care : wlien one reasons too much, reasoning' banishes reason. FAUSTINUS. Stop vour sneeis I I tell you, I havevteen the philosophers as I see vou now, and they lia\e spoken thin;j^s that ha\e en- rapinred mv soul. POSITIVUS. O well ves, believe that tiiex have appeared to \ on. In fact ])hilos()pheis h;i.\e al\\a\s liked to show themselves and parade their wisdom. \V'h\- should they not take a fancv no\\ and tl)tn to \ isit this world to tell tiieir ra\ inj2,s to amateius.' FAISTIXUS. Vou ha\e not heard v. hat the\' said to me. POSITIVL'S. No, nor do I care Ihaveal\va\s had but little svmpat'.n witii that woiid of dreamers and idealists, fd^irs of \\ isdoin, fools, worse than tliose who people our lunatic asylums . Do \ ou know what was said of one of them. Descartes 1 belie\e ^'Liii (//n voit tout CI! /h'r/t, //'v volt pas qii' il est foil " - lie who sees everything' in (jod could not see there, that he , himself was a fool . - The poor I'ellow , !>■, f irci- of abstractioris imaL^ined there was a le