Tuesday, October 9, 2012

" ... in the world of nature conscious knowledge is absent."



"Furthermore, it is evident that in the world of nature conscious knowledge is absent. Nature is without knowing, whereas man is conscious. Nature is devoid of memory; man possesses memory. Nature is without perception and volition; man possesses both. It is evident that virtues are inherent in man which are not present in the world of nature. This is provable from every standpoint."

`Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 360 


10 October 1912
(excerpt from) Talk at Open Forum 
San Francisco, California

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