ikenbot:
When Einstein Met Tagore
Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality
On July 14, 1930, Albert Einstein welcomed into his home on the outskirts of Berlin the Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore. The two proceeded to have one of the most stimulating, intellectually riveting conversations in history, exploring the age-old friction between science and religion. Science and the Indian Tradition: When Einstein Met Tagore recounts the historic encounter, amidst a broader discussion of the intellectual renaissance that swept India in the early twentieth century, germinating a curious osmosis of Indian traditions and secular Western scientific doctrine.
The following excerpt from one of Einstein and Tagore’s conversations dances between previously examined definitions of science, beauty, consciousness, and philosophy in a masterful meditation on the most fundamental questions of human existence.
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youbringthemadness:
dementir:
A candle that smells like books.
How novel.
That’s fucking romantic as hell.
If anyone gave this to me I would ugly cry tears of joy. Oh my god. Please? Someone. Anyone. Birthday present?
i’m hoping if i reblog this enough, my friends will get the hint and buy it for me for christma/my 18th.
justswallowthemoon:
My big Friday night plans? Put John Green quotes on illustrations I’ve done the past year. DFTBA.
nonplussedbyreligion:
My bookstore has a bathroom and a cafe. I see no reason why I can’t live there. None at all.
mondonoir:
“In February 1983 in Rochester, NY, I found a set of Compton’s Encyclopedias, (circa 1950), bound them together using thick rope, built a pyramidal structure, and hung them in my backyard. The piece is entitled, Books of Knowledge Standing Up Against the Elements that I photographed through seasonal changes and locations wherever I lived.” [more]
Doug Beube, Books of Knowledge Standing Up Against the Elements, 1989
[Altered books, burnt Enclyclopedias]