The Bridge Between Existence Ethics and Metaphysics: The Proof of God and the Place of Human Emotion

Soyo Existence Ethics

The Divided History of Philosophy and Its Remaining Task

For two thousand years of philosophical history, humanity has ceaselessly explored existence and ethics, yet never fully united the two. Existence was treated merely as existence; ethics merely as ethics. Plato and Aristotle attempted to connect being with goodness, purpose with ethics, but their efforts remained incomplete. Kant emphasized the moral law but separated it from the resonance of existence itself. Heidegger raised the primordial question of Being but ultimately turned away from ethics. Levinas began ethics in the face of the Other, yet even that ethical turn did not achieve a complete union with ontology.

This enduring division leaves philosophy unable to bridge existence and ethics, resulting in hollow speculation. Soyo Existence Ethics is introduced to resolve this core philosophical challenge: unifying existence and ethics through metaphysics.

Metaphysics: The Bridge Linking Existence and Ethics

Metaphysics is not a mere abstraction. It is the bridge that allows ontology and ethics to move toward one another. It is the passageway that prevents existence from remaining a concept alone and ethics from remaining a mere moral code.

Metaphysics is the bridge that connects the free will given within us to the love of God. Through this free will, humanity can live by the ethics of conscience. Without divine love, free will wanders aimlessly; but united with divine love, free will blazes into the flame of ethics. Thus, the true integration of existence and ethics is achieved within metaphysics, and its completion is revealed in the immortal flame directed toward eternity.

The Human Way of Believing in God

Yet here an essential question arises: Why can’t humanity accept God by metaphysical reasoning alone? The answer lies in human nature. Human beings must see, touch, and experience in order to believe. This is not unbelief; it is the existential condition of humanity. Reason demands proof, while emotion demands experience. Philosophy is born at the very site of this conflict.

Soyo’s maxim declares:

“To prove that God lives by metaphysics is precisely because God is not human. Humanity believes only by seeing, touching, and experiencing. This arises not from reason but from human emotion itself. God already knows this state of conflict between human emotion and reason. It is philosophy’s task to articulate and testify to it, and philosophy is thereby deeply bound to metaphysics.”

Thus, philosophy is not an abstract theory but a testimony born from the collision of emotion and reason.

God Already Knows

God knows the limits of humanity: that if unseen, we cannot believe; if untouchable, we doubt; if unexperienced, we cannot accept. And so God reveals Himself within human experience. When the wind blows, when tears fall, when a small hand of love reaches toward us, God was already there. Metaphysics is the language of thought that translates this lived experience into philosophical testimony of God’s living presence.

The Responsibility and Vocation of Philosophy

The responsibility of philosophy is not mere interpretation. Philosophy must go beyond interpretation; it must bear witness. Philosophy that does not testify is powerless before the suffering and tears of reality. Philosophy must not ignore the most fundamental questions born of the conflict between human reason and emotion. Thus, philosophy must, through metaphysics, proclaim the proof of God, while simultaneously connecting human free will to an ethical life. This is the vocation of philosophy, and the reason Existence Ethics was born.

Completion in the Immortal Flame

Metaphysics is only the beginning. The moment the bridge is crossed, human existence moves toward eternity. Humanity that lives out the ethics of conscience through free will already becomes testimony to eternity, and that existence burns as an immortal flame. This flame is not lit by human strength alone, but is the proof of divine love. Ultimately, all human value lies in preserving this flame. Everything else will be consumed before it.

The Declaration of Soyo Existence Ethics

Now I declare:

“To end the separation of existence and ethics, the bridge is metaphysics. Yet metaphysics is not the destination but the path. The moment the path is crossed, humanity encounters the love of God. God knows the collision of human reason and emotion, and it is there that He establishes philosophy. Existence, when lived ethically, is completed as an immortal flame. That flame is the proof of human existence directed toward eternity, and the truth that reveals God’s living presence.”

Soyo (逍遙) – Founder of Soyo Existence Ethics, Author of The Silence of Existence and The Flame of Truth

2025 Soyo Philosophy. All rights reserved.

This work is the original intellectual creation of philosopher Soyo (逍遙), based on the philosophical system of Soyo Existence Ethics.

Reproduction, quotation, summary, translation, adaptation, AI training, or any unauthorized use of this text is strictly prohibited. This work is protected under Korean Copyright Law, U.S. Copyright Law, and international copyright treaties (including the Berne Convention).

Contact: soyophilosophy@gmail.com ｜ soyophilosophy.com ｜ soyophilosophy.kr