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Thought For the Day: Whoever It Was Who Searched the Heavens With A Telescope and Found No God Would Not Have Found the Human Mind If He Had Searched the Brain With A Microscope

“Whoever it was who searched the heavens with a telescope and found no God would not have found the human mind if he had searched the brain with a microscope.” – George Santayana

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Thought of the Day: If You Cannot Remember the Past, You’re Condemned To Repeat It

“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  – George Santayana, in Life of Reason Life of Reason can … Continue reading

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