The failure to employ standards derived from true Being in the formation of beliefs and judgments in concrete fields is proof of an isola- tion from contemporary life that is forced upon philosophy by its adherence to the two principles which are basic in the classic tradition. In the middle ages there was no such isolation. Philosophy and the conduct of life were associated intimately with one another jthere was genuine correspondence. The out- come is not fortunate for philosophy jit signifies that its subject- matter is more and more derived from the problems and con- clusions of its own past history} that it is aloof from the problems of the culture in which philosophers live. But the situation has astill more unfortunate phase. For it signifies intellectual confusion, practically chaos, in respect to the criteria and principles which are employed in framing judgments and reaching conclusions upon things of most vital importance. It signifies the absence of intellectual authority.