"The development of Western science has been based on two great achievements,the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry)by the Greek philosophers,and the discovery of the possibility of finding out causal relationships by systematic experiment (at the Renaissance).In my opinion"
"科学的宗教精神 p408 Written expressly for the New York Times Magazine. Appeared there November 9, 1930. The German text was published in the Berliner Tageblatt, November 11, 1930. 此文最初发表在1930年11月9日的《纽约时报杂志》(New York Times Magazine)上,德文原稿则发表在1930年11月11日的《柏林日报》(Berliner Tageblatt)上。这里译自《思想和见解》36—40页。——编译者 Ev"
"Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exceptionally high-minded communities, rise to any considerable extent above this level. But there is a third stage of religious experience which belongs"