The Phenomenon of Man

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RELIGION
Teilhard de Chardin
"A great man of science and a great soul. His work gives our generation the comprehensive view it sorely needs."—Arnold j. toynbee
"The force and purity of Pere Teilhard's thought and expression, in fruitful combination with his capacity for loving comprehension of all values, has given the world a picture not only of rare clarity but pregnant with compelling conclusions." —SIR JULIAN HUXLEY, Encounter
"He has effected a threefold synthesis—of the material and physical world with the world of mind and spirit; of the past with the future; and of variety with unity, the many with the one. In its scope and vision, the present book reminds us of Bergson's creative evolution. It is exceedingly well written."—interpretation
"A work of major importance for science and philosophy. The book attempts to provide a coherent vision of the process of evolution starting from the formation of our planet through the emergence of life, and later, thought, to an... Tovább

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RELIGION
Teilhard de Chardin
"A great man of science and a great soul. His work gives our generation the comprehensive view it sorely needs."—Arnold j. toynbee
"The force and purity of Pere Teilhard's thought and expression, in fruitful combination with his capacity for loving comprehension of all values, has given the world a picture not only of rare clarity but pregnant with compelling conclusions." —SIR JULIAN HUXLEY, Encounter
"He has effected a threefold synthesis—of the material and physical world with the world of mind and spirit; of the past with the future; and of variety with unity, the many with the one. In its scope and vision, the present book reminds us of Bergson's creative evolution. It is exceedingly well written."—interpretation
"A work of major importance for science and philosophy. The book attempts to provide a coherent vision of the process of evolution starting from the formation of our planet through the emergence of life, and later, thought, to an imagined end
state or Omega Point----Its greatest merit is in providing an overall pattern of high
plausibility rendering the past more intelligible and the future, in some measure, predictable."—Review of Metaphysics
"I would go so far as to say that Teilhard's vision—he writes like a visionary but a visionary whose feet are always planted very firmly on or in terra firma—marks the most significant achievement in synthetic thinking since that of Aquinas." —bernard towers, Blockfriars
"A most extraordinary book, of far-reaching significance for the understanding of man's place in the universe."—abraham j. heschel
"What is so remarkable about Teilhard de Chardin's achievement is that his scientific vision is a truly religious and mystical one. It is as though, against the background of Bergsonism, he were attempting to transpose Christian revelation into a new, scientific liey."—Thought
"The strongest impression is that of a great scientist with the deep metaphysical disquietude of a St. Augustine or a Pascal. And there is no doubt that later, when people will look back at our time as the dark ages of positivism, Teilhard's search will stand out like a flashing beam."—karl stern Vissza