The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?

Quote by E O Wilson

Topics: E O Wilson Quotes

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are...

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are...

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad...

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad...

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state...

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state...

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was...

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was...

The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is...

The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is...

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them...

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them...

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it...

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it...

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies....

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies....

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run...

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run...

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry,...

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry,...

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe...

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe...

Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the environmentalist view, as though it...

Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the environmentalist view, as though it...

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to...

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to...

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for...

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for...

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation...

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation...

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one...

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one...