“Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.” SaidUnderstandingOpinionImagineRegardPhilosopherImagine ThatAssertionInsufficiency Book:Guide for the perplexed Source: Guide for the perplexed
“When two texts, or two assertions, perhaps two ideas, are in contradiction, be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel one by the other; regard them as two different facets, or two successive stages, of the same reality, a reality convincingly human just because it is too complex.” HumansTwoIdeasDifferentRealityScienceDifferencesStageReadyRegardComplexesContradictionAssertionReconcileFacets Author:Marguerite Yourcenar
“Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves.” IfsKnowsMadeEarthMovingHeavenMiddleCenturyOppositesRegardRemainsInsaneConceptionConsensusAssertion Book:On the revolutions Source: On the revolutions