![]() ![]() I believe, for instance, that the Pythagorean theorem in geometry states something that is approximately true, independent of the existence of man. ![]() We individuals approach it through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experiences, through our illumined consciousness - how, otherwise, can we know Truth?ĮINSTEIN: I cannot prove scientifically that Truth must be conceived as a Truth that is valid independent of humanity but I believe it firmly. TAGORE: Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the Universal Being Truth the perfect comprehension of the Universal Mind. TAGORE: Why not? Truth is realized through man.ĮINSTEIN: I cannot prove that my conception is right, but that is my religion. Religion applies values to Truth, and we know this Truth as good through our own harmony with it.ĮINSTEIN: Truth, then, or Beauty is not independent of Man?ĮINSTEIN: If there would be no human beings any more, the Apollo of Belvedere would no longer be beautiful.ĮINSTEIN: I agree with regard to this conception of Beauty, but not with regard to Truth. Religion realizes these Truths and links them up with our deeper needs our individual consciousness of Truth gains universal significance. Science is concerned with that which is not confined to individuals it is the impersonal human world of Truths. We realized the Supreme Man who has no individual limitations through our limitations. We have to realize it through our emotions and activities. ![]() There is some standard of reason and enjoyment which gives it Truth, the standard of the Eternal Man whose experiences are through our experiences.ĮINSTEIN: This is a realization of the human entity. This world is a human world - the scientific view of it is also that of the scientific man. TAGORE: There can be no other conception. TAGORE: When our universe is in harmony with Man, the eternal, we know it as Truth, we feel it as beauty.ĮINSTEIN: This is the purely human conception of the universe. (2) The world as a reality independent of the human factor. I have pursued this thought through art, literature and the religious consciousness of man.ĮINSTEIN: There are two different conceptions about the nature of the universe: (1) The world as a unity dependent on humanity. The entire universe is linked up with us in a similar manner, it is a human universe. Similarly humanity is composed of individuals, yet they have their interconnection of human relationship, which gives living unity to man’s world. I have taken a scientific fact to explain this - Matter is composed of protons and electrons, with gaps between them but matter may seem to be solid. There cannot be anything that cannot be subsumed by the human personality, and this proves that the Truth of the Universe is human Truth. The infinite personality of Man comprehends the Universe. The following excerpt from one of Einstein and Tagore’s conversations dances between previously examined definitions of science, beauty, consciousness, and philosophy in a masterful meditation on the most fundamental questions of human existence.ĮINSTEIN: Do you believe in the Divine as isolated from the world? Science and the Indian Tradition: When Einstein Met Tagore ( public library) recounts the historic encounter, amidst a broader discussion of the intellectual renaissance that swept India in the early twentieth century, germinating a curious osmosis of Indian traditions and secular Western scientific doctrine. The two proceeded to have one of the most stimulating, intellectually riveting conversations in history, exploring the age-old friction between science and religion. On July 14, 1930, Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879–April 18, 1955) welcomed into his home on the outskirts of Berlin the Indian poet, philosopher, and musician Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861–August 7, 1941) - the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize. ![]()
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