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The Process of Intellectual Consideration
Feeling and Understanding on the Path of Universal Cognition
Two kinds of cognition are known to man:
cognizing the multiplicity by virtue of his understanding, and
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cognizing the unity by virtue of his feeling;
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and, in addition, the integrated form of these two paths can reveal itself to him.
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The Nature of Cognition through Understanding
It is a feature of cognition on the level of our understanding
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that it brings us joy and enlivens us.
If it does not do this, then it is not cognition through understanding.
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Cognition here means higher cognition – to which the listener climbs as if on steps of inner stimulation to ever greater joy.
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The increase of joy comes about because during the process of understanding
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we uncover
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ever more natural intelligence
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within us
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as we comprehend higher musical orders on our way to
higher cognition.