When the responses elicited by the Epic of Evolution are gathered together several religious principles emerge that I can believe, serve as a framework for a global Ethos.
The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of … - Ursula Goodenough
The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of …
- Ursula Goodenough
It is as we respond to the understandings and feelings inherent in . . . art that we acquire much of our truth, much of our nobility and grace, and m… - Ursula Goodenough
It is as we respond to the understandings and feelings inherent in . . . art that we acquire much of our truth, much of our nobility and grace, and m…
The Senegalese conservationist Baba Dioum can summarize: "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and w… - Ursula Goodenough
The Senegalese conservationist Baba Dioum can summarize: "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and w…
Early humans, bursting with questions about Nature but with limited understanding of its dynamics, explained things in terms of supernatural persons … - Ursula Goodenough
Early humans, bursting with questions about Nature but with limited understanding of its dynamics, explained things in terms of supernatural persons …
Reverence is the sense that there is something larger than the self, larger even than the human, to which one accords respect and awe and assent. - Ursula Goodenough
Reverence is the sense that there is something larger than the self, larger even than the human, to which one accords respect and awe and assent.
The biochemistry and biophysics are the notes required for life; they conspire, collectively, to generate the real unit of life, the organism. The in… - Ursula Goodenough
The biochemistry and biophysics are the notes required for life; they conspire, collectively, to generate the real unit of life, the organism. The in…
Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago. - Ursula Goodenough
Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.
The Big Bang, the formation of sars and planets, the origin and evolution of life on this planet, the advent of human consciousness and the resultant… - Ursula Goodenough
The Big Bang, the formation of sars and planets, the origin and evolution of life on this planet, the advent of human consciousness and the resultant…
Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable conseque… - Ursula Goodenough
Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable conseque…
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