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Tag: Einstein

Albert Einstein
Book Bits

Religion Without Science is Blind (Part 2)

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Einstein goes on to explore definitions of science and religion and sees no fundamental conflict between them, except for when each try to encroach on the other's territory: science can only claim what is and not what should be, and religion can have no declaration of fact.

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Albert Einstein
Book Bits

What We Have Forgotten – Einstein on Science and Religion (Part 1)

March 20, 2020March 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Albert Einstein called for the scientific method to be accompanied by a deep humanism often grounded in religious practice. He argued that the role of religion would be to set into the emotional life of humans the means and ends of their rational endeavors.

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- BOOK BITS -

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- POETRY-

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