What was Heisenberg's famous quote? Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think. What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.
“For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang the ideals of freedom and a collective life in solidarity, the autonomous conduct of life and emancipation, the individual morality of conscience, human rights and democracy, is the direct legacy of the Judaic ethic of justice and the Christian ethic of love. This legacy, substantially unchanged, has been the object of a continual critical reappropriation and reinterpretation. Up to this very day there is no alternative to it. And in light of the current challenges of a post-national constellation, we must draw sustenance now, as in the past, from this substance. Everything else is idle postmodern talk.” ― Jürgen Habermas
What was Heisenberg's famous quote?
ReplyDeleteNot only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think. What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.
“For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang the ideals of freedom and a collective life in solidarity, the autonomous conduct of life and emancipation, the individual morality of conscience, human rights and democracy, is the direct legacy of the Judaic ethic of justice and the Christian ethic of love. This legacy, substantially unchanged, has been the object of a continual critical reappropriation and reinterpretation. Up to this very day there is no alternative to it. And in light of the current challenges of a post-national constellation, we must draw sustenance now, as in the past, from this substance. Everything else is idle postmodern talk.”
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