Hegel was undoubtedly the creator of contemporary anti-rationalism. History teaches that ultimately victory has always been the destiny of societies who employ the principle of exact reasoning . Exact analysis depraves only weak and inept individuals who find it too difficult for them. It should not be feared by young and healthy societies. The conclusions obtained by means of sound reason must be distinguished from the popular view of the world.
Positivism is the apotheosis of sound reason .
It involves the complete rejection of metaphysics and of irrational dialectic. The criteria of sound reason must be employed to unmask invalid arguments arising from a desire for absolute truth. It should be added that this desire frequently springs from the inadequacy of the little knowledge the individual does have. In brief he knows nothing, since it is impossible to know absolute truth and its not worth while to know relative truth. The system of metascience is necessary to strengthen sound reason precisely at those points where its criteria cease to operate directly.