Great Classical Liberal Identifies Two Kinds Of Sciences.

In the heyday of classical liberalism (when the divine civilization of the Christian Dispensation was at its apex) great minds of the philosophy of classical liberalism, like Thomas Aquinas, regarded theology as the 'queen of the sciences.' In a sense, then, the material sciences would then be considered as the king of the sciences but since we are now living in the age of maturity - when the equality of women and men is a known fact - the king of sciences ands the queen of sciences reign equally!

In an explanation of the importance and distinction of the two kinds of sciences Abdu'l-Baha spoke these words at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Breed, 367 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 23, 1912: "Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer of realities. It is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material science is the investigation of natural phenomena; divine science is the discovery and realization of spiritual verities. The world of humanity must acquire both. A bird has two wings; it cannot fly with one. Material and spiritual science are the two wings of human uplift and attainment. Both are necessary -- one the natural, the other supernatural; one material, the other divine. By the divine we mean the discovery of the mysteries of God, the comprehension of spiritual realities, the wisdom of God, inner significances of the heavenly religions and foundation of the law." (Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 138)

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