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The crises of modern man are to a large extent religious ones, insofar as they are an awakening of his awareness to an absence of meaning.

meaning, religion

The world of fundamental religion does not recognize even the slightest variation in meaning should this meaning fall outside its own definition of truth.

meaning, religion

Michael Polanyi

We do not accept a religion because it offers us certain rewards. The only thing that a religion can offer us is to be just what it, in itself, is: a greater meaning in ourselves, in our lives, and in our grasp of the nature of things…a religion exists for us only if, like a piece of poetry, it carries us away. It is not in any sense a ‘hypothesis.

meaning, religion

The world of fundamental religion does not recognize even the slightest variation in meaning should this meaning fall outside its own definition of truth.

meaning, religion

Michael Polanyi

We do not accept a religion because it offers us certain rewards. The only thing that a religion can offer us is to be just what it, in itself, is: a greater meaning in ourselves, in our lives, and in our grasp of the nature of things…a religion exists for us only if, like a piece of poetry, it carries us away. It is not in any sense a ‘hypothesis.

meaning, religion