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How can this cosmic religious experience be communicated from man to…

Quote byAlbert Einstein · 1879–1955

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Religion and Science (1930), Wording in Ideas and Opinions: How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and kee.

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How can this cosmic religious experience be communicated from man to man, if it cannot lead to a definite conception of God or to a theology? It seems to me that the most important function of art and of science is to arouse and keep alive this feeling in those who are receptive.

— Albert Einstein

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