"The epic of evolution not only unifies the natural and social sciences; it bridges science and religion, fact and value, and it smoothly blends the scientifically objective with the culturally relative. The epic also addresses humanity’s most pressing questions. If as a species we are to understand and solve our common problems, if we are to guide our story’s unfolding, we need to understand, in the deep and human way that only story can convey, both our evolutionary past and our future options. We need the epic."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Russell Merle Genet - "The Epic of Evolution: A Course Developmental Project", Zygon, vol.33, #4, December 1998
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epic_of_evolution
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Epic of evolution
17 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Epic of evolution →
Related Quotes
""Epic of evolution" is a term that, within the past three years, has become the theme and title of a number of gather…"
"A single tale of such holy and mysterious content as to capture the soul – scientific in its data, mythic in its form."
"a shared sacred story that honors both objective truth and subjective meaning: For the first time in human history we…"
"How can the epic of evolution be told in a multitude of personally and collectively meaningful (mythic) ways, so that…"
""epic of evolution" as the sacred unfolding of creation...."
"I shall argue in the pages ahead that Darwin has gifted us with an account of life whose depth, beauty and pathos-whe…"
"One can only speak of creation as a process because of the evidence of what often is called the 'epic of evolution': …"
"The Epic of Evolution is our warp, destined to endure, commanding our universal gratitude and reverence and commitmen…"
"The Epic of Evolution is the 14 billion year narrative of cosmic, planetary, life, and cultural evolution—told in sac…"
"The true evolutionary epic, retold as poetry, is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic."