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| Albert
Einstein, the greatest scientist and mathematician of the
twentieth century, studied philosophy. He felt deeply that
science, mathematics and technology not only needed to be balanced
with philosophy, ethics, spirituality, and the arts, but that they
were merely “different branches of the same tree.”
He said,
"All religions, arts and sciences are directed toward
ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical
existence and leading the individual toward freedom.” He felt it
no mere chance that universities originally developed from
clerical schools. “Both churches and universities - insofar as
they live up to their true function - serve the ennoblement of the
individual. They seek to fulfill this great task by spreading
moral and cultural understanding, renouncing the use of brute
force,” he explained. “Man owes his strength in the struggle
for existence to the fact that he is a social living animal. As
little as a battle between single ants of an ant hill is essential
for survival, just so little is this the case with the individual
members of a human community.” Present world leaders could
benefit from this profound truth!
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Human beings are a part
of the whole, called by us "the universe," a part limited
in
time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and
feelings,
as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical
delusion of our consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison
for us, restricting us to our own personal desires and to affection
for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free
ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to
embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Albert
Einstein
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