Our civilization : is not devaluing its awareness of the unknowable; nor is it deifying it. It is the first civilization that has severed it from religion and superstition. In order to question it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Modern civilization questions the unknowable without worshipping or ignoring it, separating it from religion.
- In plain terms
- Modern life questions mystery without religion or superstition.
- What can you take from it?
- Question mysteries openly without religious dogma.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What mysteries matter to you?
- How do you approach the unknown?
Another view
It ignores how religion still guides modern questions.
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