All these conceptions in which the finite has been adjusted to the infinite, and a meaning found for life: the conception of God, of will, of goodness, we submit to logical examination. And all those conceptions fail to stand reason’s criticism. Were it not so terrible, it would be ludicrous, with what pride and self-satisfaction we, like children, pull the watch to pieces, take out the spring, make a toy of it, and are then surprised that the watch does not go.
