tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post5132105297725742361..comments2024-03-28T05:47:54.177+00:00Comments on Philosophical Disquisitions: Are we cosmically insignificant?John Danaherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-40078296944755864072020-05-23T02:04:53.675+01:002020-05-23T02:04:53.675+01:00Very well written. A thrill to read; particularly ...Very well written. A thrill to read; particularly the emphasis on the "intrinsic worth of humanity." Congratulations!<br /><br />By way of personal observation, I see and experience the universe as a single interwoven whole, of which humanity is no more and no less "significant" than any other entity or phenomenon. Here, I recall Edward Young's sobering words:<br /><br />Nothing useless is, or low;<br />Each thing in its place is best;<br />And What seems but idle show <br />Strengthens and supports the rest.<br /><br />Hierarchical, significant-insignificant, superior-inferior thinking may have its place in modern scientific and philosophical discourses (if at all it does!); but not in matters pertaining to the universe, of which we know so little as yet.Efiong Etukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17222571370098735632noreply@blogger.com