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Carl Sagan wrote about the numinous, a feeling of awe from looking at the night sky. Can't remember if it was Cosmos, or Contact, or one of his other books. ht
by chaoticmass 7y ago
Carl Sagan wrote about the numinous, a feeling of awe from looking at the night sky. Can't remember if it was Cosmos, or Contact, or one of his other books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numinous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numinous
- keiferski 7y agoThe Sublime is a similar concept from the Romantic era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_(philosophy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_(philosophy)