A Complete Knowledge

Philosophy has always turneci on grammatical particles. With, near, next, like,
from, towards, against, because, for, through, my - these words designate types of
conjunctive relation arranged in a roughly ascending order of intimacy and
inclusiveness. A priori, we can imagine a universe of withness but no nextness; or
one of nextness but no likeness, or of likeness with no activity, or of activity with
no purpose, or of purpose with no ego. These would be universes, each with its own
grade of unity. The universe of human experience is, by one or another of its parts,
of each and all these grades. Whether or not it possibly enjoys some stili more
absolute grade of union does not appear upon the surface.