The idea of a 'morality without sin' has acquired new strength from psychoanalytic discoveries. It is useful to restate in philosophical terms what analytic experience has contributed to the thinker in his effort at synthesizing his concept of man.

1. The idea of sin, in terms of moral and religious values, is not well known, nor does it seem to belong in the realm of psychology. There is much confusion between the spiritual regression implied in sin and the regressed psychology of character neurosis. 2. It is difficult to distinguish between what is guilt and what is based indirectly on emotional and sexual regression which inevitably accompany unconscious guilt. 3. The notion of sin, as well as the achievement of virtue, supposes a certain spiritual anxiety. Neurosis confuses the issue by contaminating the healthy part of the anxiety. Dr. Nodet concludes that neurosis may possibly help us along the road to salvation because, without it, we might lack the strength to maintain anxiety at a sufficient level.