“ Man is infinitely more than the natural science of himself. ”
Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World (1916). copy citation
Author | Rabindranath Tagore |
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Source | The Home and the World |
Topic | science |
Date | 1916 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Surendranath Tagore |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7166/pg7166-images.html |
Context
“All I want to say is, that in Europe people look at everything from the viewpoint of science. But man is neither mere physiology, nor biology, nor psychology, nor even sociology. For God's sake don't forget that. Man is infinitely more than the natural science of himself. You laugh at me, calling me the schoolmaster's pupil, but that is what you are, not I. You want to find the truth of man from your science teachers, and not from your own inner being."
"But why all this excitement?"”
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