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DISCUSSION
PHILOSOPHY FOR TOMORROWDuring a lifetime busied vitally with many concerns, Francisco Romero succeeded in enriching greatly our philosophical literature. Would it not be fitting for us to honor his memory by accepting his challenge and reflect upon what philosophy may be for tomorrow? Here it seems appropriate to limit ourselves to an exploration of his suggestion with regard to the direction which philosophy will probably take. That suggestion is as follows: philosophy will be orientated, in all likelihood, in the direction of transcendence.' Of course there, are those who hold with Hegel that "the owl of Minerva takes its flight only when the shades of evening have fallen." Romero was not interested in giving reasons for by-passing Minerva's owl. In fact, he thought that the time spent in polemics was wasted. He thought that a sound philosophy of universal dimensions would be the contribution of many thinkers with diverse backgrounds.With this suggestion of Romero before us, we shall consider first what he meant by transcendence. He cited objectivity and universality as characteristics of transcendence. Furthermore, he stated that the capacity to transcend is inherent in all entities, but that this capacity is especially pronounced in, spirit, which is the highest type of entity. Indeed, spirit is "absolute transcendence." As such its acts are orientated either toward essencei.e., toward what is, toward the realor toward value.2 Now, to turn to a more detailed presentation of what Romero meant by transcendence, we shall note that he threw light upon its nature by discussing it in relation to other concepts, such as, immanentism; in relation to Romanticism; and as a characteristic of the great cultures. First, immanentism is the antithesis of transcendence. Hence, immanentism illumines the meaning of transcendence, because it is in direct contrast to transcendence. What is immanentism in Romero's thought? He spoke of the modern age as an age of immanentism. He regarded the Cartesian philosophy, the doctrine of natural rights, and Protestantism 1 Cf.