[23]Example：“Natureisalwayssointeresting，underwhateveraspectsheshowsherself，thatwhenitrains，Iseemtoseeabeautifulwomanweeping。Sheappearsthemorebeautiful，themoreafflictedsheis。”B。deSt。Pierre。
AsregardstheoriginoftheGreekgods，weneednotatpresentseekanopinion。Butthewholearrayofourinstancesleadstoaconclusionsomethinglikethis：Itisasiftherewereinthehumanconsciousnessasenseofreality，afeelingofobjectivepresence，aperceptionofwhatwemaycall“somethingthere。”
moredeepandmoregeneralthananyofthespecialandparticular“senses“bywhichthecurrentpsychologysupposesexistentrealitiestobeoriginallyrevealed。Ifthiswereso，wemightsupposethesensestowakenourattitudesandconductastheysohabituallydo，byfirstexcitingthissenseofreality；butanythingelse，anyidea，forexample，thatmightsimilarlyexciteit，wouldhavethatsameprerogativeofappearingrealwhichobjectsofsensenormallypossess。Sofarasreligiousconceptionswereabletotouchthisreality-feeling，theywouldbebelievedininspiteofcriticism，eventhoughtheymightbesovagueandremoteastobealmostunimaginable，eventhoughtheymightbesuchnon-entitiesinpointofWHATNESS，asKantmakestheobjectsofhismoraltheologytobe。
Themostcuriousproofsoftheexistenceofsuchanundifferentiatedsenseofrealityasthisarefoundinexperiencesofhallucination。Itoftenhappensthatanhallucinationisimperfectlydeveloped：thepersonaffectedwillfeela“presence“intheroom，definitelylocalized，facinginoneparticularway，realinthemostemphaticsenseoftheword，oftencomingsuddenly，andassuddenlygone；andyetneitherseen，heard，touched，norcognizedinanyoftheusual“sensible“
ways。Letmegiveyouanexampleofthis，beforeIpasstotheobjectswithwhosepresencereligionismorepeculiarlyconcerned。