"All the terms used in the science books, "law,""necessity," "order," "tendency," and so on, are really unintellectual,because they assume an inner synthesis, which we do not possess.The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are theterms used in the fairy books, "charm," "spell," "enchantment."They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.A tree grows fruit because it is a MAGIC tree. Water runs downhillbecause it is bewitched. The sun shines because it is bewitched. All the towering materialism which dominates the modern mindrests ultimately upon one assumption; a false assumption. It issupposed that if a thing goes on repeating itself it is probably dead;a piece of clockwork. People feel that if the universe was personalit would vary; if the sun were alive it would dance."G.K. Chesterton
So which one is it? Clock or magic tree?
thank you: Magic tree
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It is so nice to see you back so soon! (see, I do check your blog! and you didn't even ask me)
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