How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one pe... - Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

"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 keep it alive in those who are receptive to it."

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