Sinopsis

All knowledge is essentially one. The object-matter upon which intellect
exerts itself, does not affect the subjective act of knowing. Physics, when
stripped of that which is merely contingent, becomes metaphysics. Physical
science deals with object-matter, and discusses the signs by which nature
communicates her message—that is, phenomena. Metaphysical science has
to do with the subject-mind, and discusses the meaning of the message.
The one converts God's hieroglyphics into easily-intelligible language; the
other translates this language into Idea. If this be true, there must be a
unity of method in all science, however great the diversity of the objectmatter
investigated. This...