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This quotation demonstrates that man has been pondering this same quandary for a great many years. How does one conceive of that which is out of our comprehens
by sixdimensional 7y ago
This quotation demonstrates that man has been pondering this same quandary for a great many years. How does one conceive of that which is out of our comprehension? This is where the fields of logic, philosophy, religion, science, etc. try to help build a model for understanding. However, I find that no model we have is sufficient to truly understand, not yet at least.
- xenospn 7y agoReligion may have started building a model for understanding - but has been failing for at least 5000 years.
- all2 7y ago> but has been failing for at least 5000 years. I encourage you to take some time and study the Christian church during the Middle Ages. Much of what we consider 'modern' learning, teaching, and method came about because there were monks an nuns who were very serious about their work. Likewise, I encourage you to study Islam since its inception; there also clerics (I don't know the proper terms) sought to increase understanding in literature an science some 500 years before the church in Europe. Also take some time to look into various religious orders (Hindu, Buddhism, and others) throughout Asia that, in very similar fashion, worked to preserve and expand knowledge within their orders and in their surrounding communities. If anything, religion has been a driving force towards foundational methods of understanding, knowledge acquisition, and preservation.