Life Is a Miracle

An Essay Against Modern Superstition

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Life Is a Miracle

An Essay Against Modern Superstition

New Ed edition
  • 3.5 (2 ratings) ·
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  • 3 Have read

"In Life is a Miracle, Wendell Berry urges us to begin a "conversation out of school." Believing we are on a course of arrogant and dangerous behavior in science and other intellectual disciplines, this proclamation against modern superstition recommends a shift in priorities and goals. Berry observes, "it is clearly bad for the sciences and the arts to be divided into 'two cultures.' It is bad for scientists to be working without a sense of obligation to cultural tradition.

It is bad for artists and scholars in the humanities to be working without a sense of obligation to the world beyond the artifacts of culture." They must be the subjects of one complex conversation."--BOOK JACKET.

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Counterpoint
Language
English
Pages
176

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Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition
May 15, 2001, Counterpoint
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Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition
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First Sentence

"THE EXPRESSES dissatisfaction of some scientists with the dangerous oversimplifications of commercialized science has encouraged me to hope that this dissatisfaction will run its full course."

Classifications

Library of Congress
, B72 .B47 2000, B72 .B47 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
176
Dimensions
8.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches
Weight
7.5 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8787180M
Internet Archive
lifeismiracleess0000berr
ISBN 10
1582431418
ISBN 13
9781582431413
LCCN
00028249
OCLC/WorldCat
47163600
Library Thing
84366
Goodreads
76732

First Sentence

"THE EXPRESSES dissatisfaction of some scientists with the dangerous oversimplifications of commercialized science has encouraged me to hope that this dissatisfaction will run its full course."

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