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“Unamuno remarked that John the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Ignatius of Loyola did not reject rationality, nor did they distrust scientific knowledge; what led them to their mysticism was simply the perception of "an intolerable disparity between the hugness of their desire and the smallness of reality” — Simon Leys
Unamuno remarked that John the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Ignatius of Loyola did not reject rationality, nor did they distrust scientific knowledge; what led them to their mysticism was simply the perception of "an intolerable disparity between the hugness of their desire and the smallness of reality