A Sketch of Universal Wisdom

[we must] consider how we may also advance ourselves toward the final degree of knowledge (that which can indeed be hoped for in this Life). Namely, so that we may make our knowledge (1) entirely UNIVERSAL, not disfigured by any harmful gap; (2) entirely TRUE, not contaminated by any mixture of the false and the vain; (3) entirely EASY, not hindered by any thorns or rough paths original: "salebris," referring to rugged or uneven ground that jolts a traveler of obscurity and ambiguity, but flowing into minds of its own accord.

VIII. If it is granted to obtain these three things, our human Knowledge will be in some way perfect, as a beautifully shining image within us of the divine Omniscience: disposing us so that, as we strive along the same paths, through the same means, toward the same ends, we may unlearn our usual discords and the vanities of any trivialities original: "parergorum," from the Greek for side-tasks or non-essential matters, and being wise, all of us may know, do, and speak only those things that are best.

IX. Therefore, we propose that a Book must be constructed which contains ALL things necessary for a human being for this and the future life: in what must be known and done, and what must be believed and hoped for.

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