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complete gnosis has not yet beenachieved. And there are doubts as towhether such a thing as perfectcomprehension of phenomena is evenpossible in principle. Given thesereservations, I would propose thatmyth and science are closer thanmany modernists are willing to admit.Both attempt to address the empiricalworld and give cause-effectexplanations which enable us to bettercope with and adjust to our situationas parts within the totality ofphenomena. Both posit symbols orconstructs upon which the world is tobe analyzed, and at this point, it maybe helpful to quote from W.V.O.Quine (a modern, even if deceased,analytical philosopher): “But in pointof epistemological footing the physicalobjects and the gods differ only indegree and not in kind. Both sorts of

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