Animistic savages prostrating themselves before a painted stone have always seemed to me to be nearer the truth than any Einstein or Bertrand Russell.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Muggeridge suggests that ancient spiritual practices may connect with deeper truth than modern rationalism.
- In plain terms
- Spiritual people might be closer to truth than scientists and philosophers.
- What can you take from it?
- Spiritual intuition may hold value that pure reason misses.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can reason alone access all truth?
- What value does faith offer?
Another view
Modern science has produced enormous human progress.
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