Chapter 1 Idolatry
Coherence
The sciences have divided to refine their objects of study. The individual, on the other hand, never ceases to experiment for himself, then generalizes his prerogatives into a coherent and functional whole, albeit restricted, reinforcing his stability and viability. From this learning, ignorance is absorbed, while the recognition of semantic links between notions already acquired grows. The feeling of knowing arises from this awareness, not from original perceptions or from their reception as new understanding. Thus, sciences such as psychology, sociology or theology germinate above all from scattered concepts that find a useful common concordance. More than statistics, they should also be seen as evidence—or even instruments of examination—for different disciplines.
Sufficient coherence already lay in the concrete to allow our own conception. Otherwise, all the factors leading to our existence would not have been able to produce the effect that we are. After our birth, facts have preserved enough regularity to sustain our being. Without this causal concordance—between cells and organs, individuals and societies, species and raw matter—no presence would be observable.