Without religions the sciences would never have existed. For the human brain would not have trained itself to range beyond the immediate, ever — present "facts" of appearance which, for it, constitute reality.


In: Jackson Mathews (ed.), The Collected Works of Paul Valéry (Volume 14)

Paul Valéry Quotes

Without religions the sciences would never have existed. For the human brain would not have trained itself to range beyond the immediate, ever —...

Without religions the sciences would never have existed. For the human brain would not have trained itself to range beyond the immediate, ever —...

Without religions the sciences would never have existed. For the human brain would not have trained itself to range beyond the immediate, ever —...

Without religions the sciences would never have existed. For the human brain would not have trained itself to range beyond the immediate, ever —...