The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe — even a positivist one — remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior as well as the exterior of things; mind as well as matter. The true physics is that which will, one day, achieve the inclusion of man in his wholeness in a coherent picture of the world.


The Phenomenon of Man (1955)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Quotes

The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe — even a positivist one — remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior...

The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe — even a positivist one — remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior...

The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe — even a positivist one — remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior...

The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe — even a positivist one — remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior...