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A review by leucocrystal
Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition by Wendell Berry
4.0
"For the human necessity is not just to know, but also to cherish and protect the things that are known, and to know the things that are known, and to know the things that can be known only by cherishing. If we are to protect the world's multitude of places and creatures, then we must know them, not just conceptually but imaginatively as well."
I'm an Atheist with a background in the sciences, so I went into this one fully expecting to be challenged. And though it does introduce some tough concepts, in its way, I honestly can't disagree with any of it. The arts and sciences should be complementary, not at odds with one another, and community -- the maintaining of place and memory -- is just as important, if not more so, than innovation and ceaseless forward progress. Berry remains an extremely adept descriptor of his subjects.
I'm an Atheist with a background in the sciences, so I went into this one fully expecting to be challenged. And though it does introduce some tough concepts, in its way, I honestly can't disagree with any of it. The arts and sciences should be complementary, not at odds with one another, and community -- the maintaining of place and memory -- is just as important, if not more so, than innovation and ceaseless forward progress. Berry remains an extremely adept descriptor of his subjects.