quotes by Russell Shorto

"We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death."
— Russell Shorto (Descartes' Bones: a Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason)

"They had applied their doubts to the very head that had introduced doubt as a tool for advancing knowledge. And in the end they gave the head a nod."
— Russell Shorto (Descartes' Bones: a Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason)