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Chapter 2
Hebelievedthenthathumanlifewasinfinitelyperfectible,eliminatingtheseconditions?
Thereremainedthegenericconditionsimposedbynatural,asdistinctfromhumanlaw,asintegralpartsofthehumanwhole:thenecessityofdestructiontoprocurealimentarysustenance:thepainfulcharacteroftheultimatefunctionsofseparateexistence,theagoniesofbirthanddeath:themonotonousmenstruationofsimianand(particularly)humanfemalesextendingfromtheageofpubertytothemenopause:inevitableaccidentsatsea,inminesandfactories:certainverypainfulmaladiesandtheirresultantsurgicaloperations,innatelunacyandcongenitalcriminality,decimatingepidemics:catastrophiccataclysmswhichmaketerrorthebasisofhumanmentality:seismicupheavalstheepicentresofwhicharelocatedindenselypopulatedregions:thefactofvitalgrowth,throughconvulsionsofmetamorphosis,frominfancythroughmaturitytodecay.
Whydidhedesistfromspeculation?
Becauseitwasataskforasuperiorintelligencetosubstituteothermoreacceptablephenomenaintheplaceofthelessacceptablephenomenatoberemoved.
DidStephenparticipateinhisdejection?
Heaffirmedhissignificanceasaconsciousrationalanimalproceedingsyllogisticallyfromtheknowntotheunknownandaconsciousrationalreagentbetweenamicroandamacrocosmineluctablyconstructedupontheincertitudeofthevoid.
WasthisaffirmationapprehendedbyBloom?
Notverbally.Substantially.
