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In a span of time
0 In 01 i 00 The Varieties of Religious Experience 02 i 00 ( 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 00 ), William James wrote: 02 br
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00 "Science, on the other hand, has ended by utterly repudiating the personal point of view. She catalogues her elements and records her laws indifferent as to what purpose may be shown forth by them, and constructs her theories quite careless of their bearing on human anxieties and fates. Though the scientist may individually nourish a religion, and be a theist in his irresponsible hours, the days are over when it could be said that for Science herself the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Our solar system, with its harmonies, is seen now as but one passing case of a certain sort of moving equilibrium in the heavens, realized by a local accident in an appalling wilderness of worlds where no life can exist. 01 b 01 font 00 In a span of time which as a cosmic interval will count but as an hour, it will have ceased to be. 02 font 02 b 00 " 02 br
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00 Please help me to get what James means by the red sentence. 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0230href http://www.ccel.org/ccel/james/varieties.xvii.html
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00 "Science, on the other hand, has ended by utterly repudiating the personal point of view. She catalogues her elements and records her laws indifferent as to what purpose may be shown forth by them, and constructs her theories quite careless of their bearing on human anxieties and fates. Though the scientist may individually nourish a religion, and be a theist in his irresponsible hours, the days are over when it could be said that for Science herself the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Our solar system, with its harmonies, is seen now as but one passing case of a certain sort of moving equilibrium in the heavens, realized by a local accident in an appalling wilderness of worlds where no life can exist. 01 b 01 font 00 In a span of time which as a cosmic interval will count but as an hour, it will have ceased to be. 02 font 02 b 00 " 02 br
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00 Please help me to get what James means by the red sentence. 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0230href http://www.ccel.org/ccel/james/varieties.xvii.html
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0 Pretend you have the lifetime of our universe. Pretend this lifetime is 100 billion years. During your lifetime, many solar systems are created and destroyed.
- 0 Pretend you have the lifetime of our universe.
- Pretend this lifetime is 100 billion years.
- During your lifetime, many solar systems are created and destroyed.
- Some of these solar systems only survive for 1 or 2 million years.
- They are created and destroyed in the time it takes you to blink your eyes.
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0 Pretend you have the lifetime of our universe. Pretend this lifetime is 100 billion years. During your lifetime, many solar systems are created and destroyed. Some of these solar systems only survive for 1 or 2 million years. They are created and destroyed in the time it takes you to blink your eyes. Within just one hour of your time (one eye blink) they will have both come about and ceased. Wh
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