ABSTRACT
THE problem of the relation between Thought and Reality is one of the most complex. Hegel asserts that thought is identical with Reality, but his assertion can be variously interpreted. It may mean that thought reveals Reality, or that it is organic with Reality, or that it is the same as Reality. Even these interpretations can have different meanings, and very diverse conclusions can be deduced from them. To say that thought is organic with Reality may simply mean that thought cannot exist separately from Reality. To this interpretation none can object. But from this it may be concluded that from a study of the nature of thought the nature of Reality can be completely known. But this view cannot be accepted, and our reasons for not accepting it are given in various places in this work. We do not accept the absolute identity also of thought and Reality, and the arguments in favour of our position are also given in different pages of this work. We may admit that thought reveals Reality in the sense that it is the presupposition of knowledge that it discovers reality, yet we cannot accept that the ultimate nature of Reality can be expressed adequately by thought. It is this view that we discuss in this chapter.
