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Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science
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"Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science"

- Henri Bergson

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This quote by Henri Bergson is a comparison between faith and mysticism, as well as scientific research as well as popularization. Faith is a set of ideas and practices that are based upon a confidence in a higher power or spiritual being. Necromancy is a belief in the presence of truths past the physical world, and also is typically related to spiritualism as well as the occult. Science is the organized research study of the physical as well as environment with monitoring and testing. Popularization is the procedure of making scientific understanding easily accessible to the public.

Bergson's quote recommends that faith is to mysticism what popularization is to science. In other words, religious beliefs is an extra obtainable type of necromancy, just as popularization is a more obtainable type of scientific research. Faith is a means of comprehending the spiritual globe that is a lot more accessible to the public, while necromancy is a more esoteric and also intricate kind of spirituality. Similarly, popularization is a means of making clinical understanding more available to the general public, while scientific research is a more intricate as well as technological field.

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France Flag This quote is written / told by Henri Bergson between October 18, 1859 and January 4, 1941. He/she was a famous Philosopher from France. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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