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What he has gained is good but not enough, is mystical but not philosophically mystical. For it is now but a flash when it has yet to become constant; it is now partial when it has yet to become full. Its felt presence should be intimate and inseparable as well as clear and complete. When insight continues whatever his occupation of the hour may be, it can be called philosophic.

-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 8 : Glimpses and Permanent Illumination > # 36