Morphology

Traditional theological speculation (and the same may be said for metaphysics) is founded upon a singular confusion, a mistaken metaphor: the notion that the word "God" designates a substance. From the Tolstoyan perspective, if "God" designates anything, it is the assertion/perception of form. The disciplined study of form is called morphology.

Perhaps the ghost of Goethe whispered in Tolstoy's ear...