“Blaise Pascal was often torn between a spiritual life and a scientific one”-and was prone to reductionist, dichotomous thinking. Spirituality and science are not incompatible. https://t.co/fKFMp8ZZmd
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) June 19, 2021
Science and religion (and philosophy) can agree on the “spirit” of this observation. https://t.co/NQi7MA1POZ
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) June 19, 2021
“Spirit” comes from the Latin word “to breathe.” What we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. Despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word “spiritual” that we are talking of anything other than matter (including the matter of which the brain is made), or anything outside the realm of science... Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or of acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both." Carl Sagan
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: Carl Sagan on Science and Spirituality-Maria Popova, Brainpickings
“If we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.”
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