The Heart of Matter: A Mystical Science
February 1, 2024//
Modern physics is, in a sense, a mystical science that stands in opposition to the notion that, “science explains everything” or that “science gives us the truth.”
Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole, Ch. 1
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La física moderna es, en cierto sentido, una ciencia mística que se opone a la noción de que “la ciencia lo explica todo” o que “la ciencia nos da la verdad.”
Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole, Ch. 1
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