My favourite part is where he acknowledges the limits of both rational and empirical sciences.
Absolute banger of a quote:
"Both principles of cognition—causality and teleology—are, owing to the limitations of human reason, imperfect and do not convey ultimate knowledge. Causality leads to a regressus in infinitum which reason can never exhaust. Teleology is found wanting as soon as the question is raised of what moves the prime mover. Either method stops short at an ultimate given which cannot be analyzed and interpreted. Reasoning and scientific inquiry can never bring full ease of mind, apodictic certainty, and perfect cognition of all things. He who seeks this must apply to faith and try to quiet his conscience by embracing a creed or a metaphysical doctrine."
sachin
npub1xn…43qnl
2026-09-28 21:05:31 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…6esv
Author Public Key
npub1xnc64f432zx7pw4n7zrvf02mh4a4p7zej3gude52e92leqmw8ntqd43qnlSeen on
wss://relay.damus.ioPublished at
2026-09-28 21:05:31 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "d9bf43621ebde53f98b2830c2b2e6fd7d15854311840169a3829f4d3812ef933",
"pubkey": "34f1aaa6b1508de0bab3f086c4bd5bbd7b50f8599451c6e68ac955fc836e3cd6",
"created_at": 1790629531,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"72cc9813b602cee1667574776339045154c54064fecf38c108d42bd44e2dbf30",
"wss://nostr-01.yakihonne.com/",
"root",
"34f1aaa6b1508de0bab3f086c4bd5bbd7b50f8599451c6e68ac955fc836e3cd6"
],
[
"e",
"d91f3d7cabdb4823ef8b3f398b4416564d4153011e91ffcdb6f1f2002d1698de",
"wss://relay.damus.io/",
"reply",
"45f195cffcb8c9724efc248f0507a2fb65b579dfabe7cd35398598163cab7627"
],
[
"p",
"34f1aaa6b1508de0bab3f086c4bd5bbd7b50f8599451c6e68ac955fc836e3cd6",
"wss://relay.damus.io/"
],
[
"p",
"45f195cffcb8c9724efc248f0507a2fb65b579dfabe7cd35398598163cab7627",
"wss://sendit.nosflare.com/"
],
[
"client",
"Amethyst"
]
],
"content": "My favourite part is where he acknowledges the limits of both rational and empirical sciences.\n\nAbsolute banger of a quote:\n\n\"Both principles of cognition—causality and teleology—are, owing to the limitations of human reason, imperfect and do not convey ultimate knowledge. Causality leads to a regressus in infinitum which reason can never exhaust. Teleology is found wanting as soon as the question is raised of what moves the prime mover. Either method stops short at an ultimate given which cannot be analyzed and interpreted. Reasoning and scientific inquiry can never bring full ease of mind, apodictic certainty, and perfect cognition of all things. He who seeks this must apply to faith and try to quiet his conscience by embracing a creed or a metaphysical doctrine.\"",
"sig": "2ae24df6a9dd41a89dd4893a139153bf7235b87d049cbfe020de4aaf2363ef52afbea479dd1c6a1a76669515f41f355da9adf4782f3398f30fa8fa2ba5a18830"
}