The whole life lies in the verb seeing.
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The mineral world is a much more supple and mobile world than could be imagined by the science of the ancients. Vaguely analogous to the metamorphoses of living creatures, there occurs in the most solid rocks, as we now know, perpetual transformation of a mineral species.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the dynamic nature of the mineral world, contrasting it with the ancient understanding of its static existence.
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin highlights that the mineral world is not as rigid and unchanging as previously thought by ancient scientists. Instead, it undergoes constant transformation, akin to the changes seen in living organisms, suggesting a deeper complexity and mobility in geological processes that were not fully understood in the past.
Themes
MineralTransformationScienceChangeMobile
In practice
Example use cases
In a science class discussing geological processes, this quote can be introduced to explain the concept of mineral transformation.
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