| | Home | |
| A FUNDAMENTAL axiom in Theosophy is that no one should accept as unquestionably true any statement of fact, principle, or theory which he has not tested for himself. This does not exclude a reasonable reliance upon testimony; but only that blind credulity which sometimes passes for faith. As we understand the rule, it is that we should at all times keep a clear and distinct boundary between what we know, and what we only accept provisionally on the testimony of those who have had larger experience until we reach a point of view from which we can see its truth. We owe it to ourselves to enlarge the sphere of clear knowledge and to push back as far as possible the boundary of opinion and hypothesis. ALPHA Path, December, 1892 Theosophy Magazine, November 1915 to October 1916 By Helene Petrovna Blavatsky Contributor Helene Petrovna Blavatsky Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2003 ISBN 0766152995, 9780766152991 588 pages |