"Sunday, September 28th"

Within this entry of Henry Bugbee's The Inward Morning, he records his thought on religious thinkers such as St. Augustine, and where he believes knowledge and religious belief comes from.  I particularly liked this journal entry because I believe this one, over any of the others, gets very deep into the overall question of philosophy.  He truly asks himself, "What does philosophy seek?" and in answering this question, Bugbee gets at the heart of religious belief.  Henry Bugbee is a very experiential teacher and learner.  He posits that philosophy is not about finding a tangible answer.  It is not an empirical science.  Philosophy is about the experience of learning.  Belief, specifically, religious belief, is based upon our experiences because knowledge is based upon our experiences.  Bugbee states, "Perhaps in all strictness we would have to realize more and more that experience is not a subject matter susceptible to objective representation and deliberate control.”  We do not choose our experiences.  We do not choose our beliefs.  These things occur to us and we are to use these experiences as we please.