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Bergson. The latter is considered as another precursor here, since it’s because of his observation on tuition that they managed to “see” the prophecy about the Nibelvirch.
Chronicles From the Future
Paul Amadeus Dienach and Achilleas Sirigos
Our aesthetic reactions to works of art as opposed to the power of nature lie in the fact that they do not threaten our physical security but rather our moral security. Great works of art call into question the established, conservative and preserved notions that constitute our moral security. The conception-drive is startled by, but does not fear, the danger. Thus Schiller’s notion of aesthetic experience is perhaps best summed up in his own epigram: ‘Great is he, who conquers the frightful. Sublime is he, who, while succumbing to it, fears it not’.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
In the period in which Galileo lived, there were no precise clocks, but Galileo himself at an early age had found a way to construct precise clocks.
What Is Time? What Is Space?
Carlo Rovelli
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