Quote by John Polkinghorne
Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for th

Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe. – John Polkinghorne

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Bottom up thinkers try to start from experience and move from experience to understanding. They dont start with certain general principles they think beforehand are likely to be true they just hope to find out what reality is like. – John Polkinghorne

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If the experience of science teaches anything, its that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that. – John Polkinghorne

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Experience
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I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didnt leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt Id done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. – John Polkinghorne

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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana

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Unlike poetry and music, the art of history is cumulative. – John Clive, Not By Fact Alone

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Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history. – Terry Eagleton

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Hip-hops always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music its always had a lot of positivity. – LL Cool J

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As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. – Bobby Jindal

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