mattersof
speculation
only:
speculation
more or
less
justified
by
reasoning
fromestablished
data, but
still --
speculation.
Hence the
conception
of
Philosophy
above
implied
must be
regarded
as anideal
to which
the real
can never
do more
than
approximate.
Ideals in
general--
even those
of the
exact
sciences
-- cannot
be
reached,
but can
only
benearly
approached;
and yet
they in
common
with other
ideals,
are
indispensableaids
to inquiry
and