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Down below the broad, roaring waves of the sea break against the deep foundation of the rock. But high above the mountain, the sea, and the peaks of rock the eternal ornamentation blooms silently from the dark depths of the universe.

Rudolf Otto

A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.

Rudolf Otto

But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now.

Rudolf Otto

Rudolf Otto

Rudolf Otto

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Born: September 25, 1869

Died: March 6, 1937 (aged 67)

Bio: Rudolf Otto was an eminent German Lutheran theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist.

Known for:

Kingdom of God and the Son of Man
Autobiographical and Social Essays
Naturalism and Religion
Mystique d'Orient et mystique d'Occident

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