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If he had searched the brain…

October 23, 2022nature, quotes, sciencebrain, George Santayana, metaphysics, the mindGretchenJoanna

“Whoever it was who searched the heavens with a telescope and found no God
would not have found the human mind if he had searched the brain with a microscope.”

— George Santayana (1863 – 1952)

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