“The Goldilocks Enigma is the idea that everything in the universe is just right for life, like the porridge in the fairy tale.” IdeasUniverseTalesFairyFairy TaleEnigmaPorridgeGoldilocks Author:Paul Davies
“Science tells us what we can know but what we can know is little and if we forget how much we cannot know we become insensitive of many things of very great importance. Theology, on the other hand induces a dogmatic belief that we have knowledge where in fact we have ignorance and by doing so generates a kind of impertinent insolence towards the universe. Uncertainty in the presence of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales.” IfsKnowsKindLittlesFactsHandsUniverseBeliefWishForgetSupportIgnoranceImportancePainfulTheologyTalesUncertaintyFairyFairy TaleComfortingVividDogmaticInsensitiveHopes And FearsInsolence Book:History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition Source: History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition
“Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull and full of routine, but that the soul is sick and screaming. The problem of the fairy tale is: what will a healthy man do with a fantastic world? The problems of the modern novel is: what will a madman do with a dull world? In the fairy tales the cosmos goes mad; but the hero does not go mad. In the modern novels the hero is mad before the book begins, and suffers from the harsh steadiness and cruel sanity of the cosmos.” MenWorldMeanDoeBookSoulProblemSufferingUniverseNovelModernHeroHealthySickMadFolksTalesFantasticFairyDullCosmosRoutineSanityFairy TaleSaneRealismHarshMadmenSteadinessModern Novel Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton