| 1 | There is one hallmark by which certain knowledge has been distinguished from the time of very first civilizations: |
| 2 | Knowledge deduced through the faculties of intellect and reason using the tools of logic and common sense, rather than acquired through superstition or ignorance or fear; and |
| 3 | Knowledge gained through integrity, objectivity and humility and not through falsity, fanaticism or prejudice; and |
| 4 | Knowledge discovered that is self evident, elegant, simple, useful, definable, measurable or applicable; and |
| 5 | Knowledge respected regardless of the status, or standing, or qualifications, or experience of the one who first presents it, given its self evident nature. |
| 6 | In past civilizations and times, the word philosophy was attributed to this special body of collective knowledge. |
| 7 | Many great men and women of history helped contribute to this body of knowledge that used to be called “Philosophy” toward the betterment of the world and our species. |
| 8 | They did so without ego, without the desire for fame or financial fortunes. Nor did it matter the station or standing of such people. |
| 9 | Knowledge of attaching meaning and describing such meaning through sound and symbols became the birth of all our languages over thousands of years. |
| 10 | Knowledge through the use of abstract symbols as numbers and types of relations enabled the earliest philosophers to start to seek out the patterns of nature and gave rise to the gift of mathematics more than three thousand years ago. |
| 11 | Knowledge and observation of the movement of the stars and the planets over long periods gave rise to models of the universe and an appreciation of a much greater existence. |
| 12 | Knowledge of the physiology of living plants and animals gave rise to a rich knowledge of therapies as well as precision of healing such that it is only in the second half of the twentieth century that medicine has recovered what was well known more than two thousand years ago. |
| 13 | When stronger and more robust models and theories were discovered, they were embraced and absorbed by the wisest of Philosophers, rather than rejected out of willful ignorance or arrogance. |
| 14 | Knowledge was recognized for its self evident traits and upon the strength of such argument and sense. |
| 15 | Thus, any knowledge that did not or could not live up to these standards could not be considered Philosophy. |
| 16 | Nor can any system that espouses the truth of knowledge or meaning exist without being rooted upon sound Philosophy. |
| 17 | For a system that repudiates the past and the legacy of thousands of years of wisdom is an orphan to reason. |
| 18 | Today, the term “Science” is used to reserve the most precious legacy of all those who have come before us. |
| 19 | Yet while the word describing this most valuable legacy of humanity has changed, the same need for strict and uncompromising standards has not. |
| 20 | Information acquired through superstition or willful ignorance or fear cannot possibly be regarded as Scientific or a respected addition to Science; and |
| 21 | Information concocted through falsity, fanaticism, prejudice and elitism cannot reasonably be considered Science; and |
| 22 | Information contrived that is impossibly complex, convoluted, contradictory and illogical cannot rationally be accepted as Science. |
| 23 | Indeed, information that stakes it legitimacy upon the authority of the one who is speaking cannot by definition be considered Scientific; and |
| 24 | Information that rests its authenticity upon citation and not argument and reason alone, it is the worst of falsity and can never be considered Science. |
| 25 | Thus, any information that does not honor the highest of standards cannot be considered Science and instead must be disregarded as “pseudoscience” at best or some kind of deliberate falsity. |
| 26 | For the sake then of the memory of all those Philosophers and Inventors and Teachers whom ever lived and strived to improve our collective knowledge; |
| 27 | For the memory and respect of our own ancestors and the values of community that we hold inviolable; |
| 28 | It is incumbent upon each of us to recognize and acknowledge that this collective gift of Philosophy and its application through Science is indeed most sacred; |
| 29 | That the body of knowledge of Science must be accepted as Scientia Sacra or “Sacred Science” whether or not we acknowledge the existence of the Divine. |
| 30 | In the first instance Scientia Sacra does not mean the application of Philosophy being Science depends upon Religion. |
| 31 | Scientia Sacra simply means that the accumulated knowledge of the finest minds of civilization is deserving of its place as a most sacred gift. |
| 32 | In the second instance, any discussion concerning the existence and nature of the Divine then must honor such knowledge and not seek to corrupt or claim such wisdom to its own ends. |
| 33 | For if the existence, the mind and the nature of the Divine is truly to be proven, then it must demonstrate such proof consistent with Science and not in opposition to Science. |
| 34 | Thus any Religion that puts itself in opposition to true Philosophy and its application through true Science therefore defines itself as without wisdom. |
| 35 | In contrast, Summa Elementis Theologica embraces the knowledge and wisdom of Science and demonstrates irrefutably that the rules of existence and the mind and nature of the Divine are inextricably linked; |
| 36 | That only in accepting the paradox of existence as a unique and collective dream is it possible to unify the laws of Science and knowledge into one practical model. |
| 37 | Let us then journey through a classification of the knowledge of Philosophy and its application through Science that we might better appreciate these connections. |
| 38 | This we do with the greatest respect of all who come to read and all who have ever lived and are yet to come. |
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