Interviewer: Can you explain, in the simplest way possible, what your — Emanuele Severino

"The friends of determinism and the friends of freedom are two ways of expressing the same soul: the soul of faith in which one believes that – either inevitably or freely – things come out of nothing and return to nothing. Non-Madness lies outside this opposition. It also lies outside the opposition between the friends and enemies of God. The unforgettable instant is the non-Madness of truth – eternally outside of oblivion. It is not the possession of a privileged few. It resides and shines in the depths of every human being. Even those who do not know they are its manifestation."

"It is believed that there is opposition between Islam and Christianity, but they are on the same side. Their enemy - as the Pope has pointed out - is the destruction of Western tradition. This is the real clash of civilisations, which is not between the two religions, which share a relationship with the God of the philosophers – the Greeks – and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."

"However, it is necessary to understand – and this is far from easy – what the reasons are behind technology and those behind the forces that attempt to resist it. But can we understand their reasons if we do not know what “reason” means and what constitutes the “power” that supports it? What support can we rely on to find out? Whether we should rely on science or religion or some other form of wisdom or experience cannot be determined by science, religion or anything else. Answering these kinds of questions has always been the task of philosophy. Those who would like to set it aside should remember that getting rid of it is and always has been a form of philosophy. And again: are we really sure that there is such an irreconcilable opposition between “spirituality” and “technology” and that, beneath their opposition, they do not have a common soul?"