The historical consciousness of the finitude of every historical phenomenon, of every human or social condition and of the relativity of every kind of faith, is the last step towards the liberation of man. With it man achieves the sovereignty to enjoy every experience to the full and surrender himself to it unencumbered, as if there were no system of philosophy or faith to tie him down. Everything beautiful, every thing holy, every sacrifice relived and interpreted, opens perspectives that disclose some part of reality. And, in contrast to relativity, the continuity of creative forces asserts itself as the central historical fact. Thus a view of life arises from experience, understanding, poetry, and history and forms a constant background.
Reflection only raises it to analytical precision and clarity.
The teleological view of the world and of life is recognized as a metaphysical system resting n a one-sided, not fortuitous but partial, vision of life. The doctrine of the objective value of life as a metaphysical system transcends what can be known. But we experience connections between life and history in which each part has significance. The attempt used to be made to grasp life through the world. We do not carry the meaning of the world into life.