In the following paragraph read the passage completely to answer the questions from the given option
The catalytic fact of the twentieth century is uncontrollable development, consumerist society, political materialism, and spiritual devaluation. This inordinate development has led to the transcendental second reality of sacred perception that biologically transcendence is a part of human life. As the century closes, it dawns with imperative vigour, that the first reality of enlightened rationalism and the second reality of the Beyond have to be harmonized in a wotihy state of man The de facto values describe what we are, they portray the is' of our ethic, they are est 'values (Latin est means is). The ideal values tell us what we ought to be they are esto values (Latin esto ought to be). Both have to be in the ebb and flow of consciousness. The ever new, science and technology and the ever-perennial faith are two modes of one certainty, that is the wholeness of man, his courage to be, his share in being.
The materialistic foundations of have crumbled down. Science itself has proved that matter is energy, processes are as valid as facts, and affirmed the non-materiality of the universe. The encountecofthe two cultures, the scientific and the humane, will restore the normal vision, and will be the bedrock of a science of understanding in the new century It will give new meaning ! to the ancient perception that quantity (measure), and quality (value) coexist at the root of nature. Human endeavours cannot afford to be humanistically irresponsible
According to the passage the 'first reality constitutes

Options

A. Economic prosperity
B. Political
C. Sacred perception of life
D. Enlightened rationalism

Answer

D