On “the Substance of Things Hoped For”: Faith and Reason within the Limits of Penultimacy Alone

This paper explores the intricate relationship between faith and reason as posited in the Epistle to the Hebrews, highlighting the philosophical implications of faith being both the substance and evidence of the invisible. It argues against the binary view of faith versus reason, instead suggesting a more integrated perspective where faith encompasses both rational substance and anticipatory aspects of existence. The discussion extends to the phenomenology of the unobservable, informed by aesthetics and the uniqueness of beauty as subjective experience.