The Metaphysical Foundation of Buddhism and Modern Science

same beacons that lure. Systems, scientific and philosophic, come and go.
Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its
prime each system is a triumphant success: in its decay it is an
obstructive nuisance. The transition to new fruitfulness of
understanding are achieved by recurrence to the utmost depths of
intuition for the refreshment of imagination . In the end – though there
is no end – what is being achieved, is width of view, issuing in greater
opportunities. But opportunity leads upwards or downwards. In unthinking
Nature 'natural selection' is a synonym for 'waste'. Philosophy should
now perform its final service. It should seek the insight, dim though it
be, to escape the wide wreckage of a race of beings sensitive to values
beyond those of mere animal enjoyment.