61/61 (I refer to mathematics, not as peculiarly like to religion, but as peculiarly unlike; it is therefore and _a fortiori_ argument. What is true of them as sciences, is true of all science.) No science can flourish, while it is received on authority. Science comes to us _by_ external transmission, but is not believed _because_ of that transmission. The history of the transmission is generally instructive, but is no proper part of the science itself. All this is true of Religion. |