Christopher Potter
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“Sometimes we call what we do not understand primitive, sometimes magic. Each of us has a perspective to which we are attached. We only understand the other in relation to what we already know, but by believing, sympathising, even empathising, sometimes we can see beyond the limits of our knowledge. The alternative is to ignore or to attack.”
― How to Make a Human Being
― How to Make a Human Being
“Unchecked, science and monotheism both mean to vanquish nature.”
― You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe
― You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe
“If sleep were not an agency of change we would wake every day exactly as we were when we went to sleep. But every day is convulsed by a death and a resurrection.”
― How to Make a Human Being: A Body of Evidence
― How to Make a Human Being: A Body of Evidence
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