Is it not enough to believe?

It is often said: Why philosophize about the divine matters; is it not enough to believe in them and feel them? Certainly, it is enough ... in the absence of intellectual interest on the part of him who believes and feels. It is equivalent to saying: Is it not enough to believe that the sun exists, and to delight in its light and warmth? Why should we have any physical or astronomical theories about the sun or the solar system? They are not, of course, necessary for those who have no scientific interest. But on what grounds should the limitations of some people be made a law for all? If man has faith in the divine matters, and if at the same time he has the capacity as well as the need for thinking, then of necessity he must think about the objects of his faith ...

—Vladimir Soloviev, Lectures on Godmanhood (1878)