And so it will continue ad infinitum. When we consider the third criterion, traditions, upheld by theologians as the avenue and standard of knowledge, we find this source equally unreliable and unworthy of dependence. For religious traditions are the report and record of understanding and interpretation of the Book. By the analysis of human reason. When we read the Book of God the faculty of comprehension by which we form conclusions is reason.
Reason is mind.
Therefore human reason, as already pointed out, is by its very nature finite and faulty in conclusions. It cannot surround the Reality Itself, the Infinite Word. The fourth criterion I have named is inspiration through which it is claimed the reality of knowledge is attainable. It is the influx of the human heart. They are the influx of the heart also.