Nguyen Thinh
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I use this outmoded expression because the term ‘Science’, which has come to replace it in more recent times, does not carry the same rich and universal associations which ‘Natural Philosophy’ carried in the seventeenth century, in the days
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“Astronomy is humbling. We occupy a tiny part of space and time.”
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“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“The first principle of monotheist religions is ‘God exists. What does He want from me?’ The first principle of Buddhism is ‘Suffering exists. How do I escape it?”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Với tôi, quá trình bị động của việc được sinh ra lại trở thành điều kiện cho mọi sự chủ động.”
― Chat Với Hannah Arendt
― Chat Với Hannah Arendt
“We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively and forge a better society.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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