“Why are there organized beings? Why is there something rather than nothing? Here again, I fully understand a scientist who refuses to ask it. He is welcome to tell me that the question does not make sense. Scientifically speaking, it does not. Metaphysically speaking, however, it does. Science can account for many things in the world; it may some day account for all that which the world of phenomena actually is. But why anything at all is, or exists, science knows not, precisely because it cannot even ask the question.”
Quote by Etienne Gilson
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Etienne Gilson
Etienne Gilson was a French philosopher known for his research on the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. His works have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy and theology. more
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