Clash Quotes
The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually ‘grasp’ reality.
"The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually ‘grasp’ reality."— Alan Watts
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Meaning of this quote
Science and religion use descriptions suited to different purposes, and descriptions do not exhaust what they describe.
Key takeaway:
Ask what a framework explains and where its limits lie.
Origin of the quote
The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)
Who actually said this?
Source passage identified; supplied text may extract a clause or sentence from a longer argument about present experience.
Source:
The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)
