Excellent Beauty: The Naturalness Of Religion And The Unnaturalness Of The World
by Eric Dietrich /
2015 / English / PDF, EPUB
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Flipping convention on its head, Eric Dietrich argues that
science uncovers awe-inspiring, enduring mysteries, while
religion, regarded as the source for such mysteries, is a
biological phenomenon. Just like spoken language, Dietrich shows
that religion is an evolutionary adaptation. Science is the
source of perplexing yet beautiful mysteries, however natural the
search for answers may be to human existence.
Flipping convention on its head, Eric Dietrich argues that
science uncovers awe-inspiring, enduring mysteries, while
religion, regarded as the source for such mysteries, is a
biological phenomenon. Just like spoken language, Dietrich shows
that religion is an evolutionary adaptation. Science is the
source of perplexing yet beautiful mysteries, however natural the
search for answers may be to human existence.Excellent Beauty
Excellent Beauty undoes our misconception of scientific
inquiry as an executioner of beauty, making the case that science
has won the battle with religion so thoroughly it can now explain
why religion persists. The book also draws deep lessons for human
flourishing from the very existence of scientific mysteries. It
is these latter wonderful, completely
undoes our misconception of scientific
inquiry as an executioner of beauty, making the case that science
has won the battle with religion so thoroughly it can now explain
why religion persists. The book also draws deep lessons for human
flourishing from the very existence of scientific mysteries. It
is these latter wonderful, completelypublic
public truths that
constitute some strangeness in the proportion, revealing a
universe worthy of awe and wonder.
truths that
constitute some strangeness in the proportion, revealing a
universe worthy of awe and wonder.
