“Our coming-to-be is as mysterious as our ceasing-to-be at death. Can we therefore not derive hope because our ignorance about our origin matches our ignorance about our destiny? Cannot life be lived as a challenging and wonderful adventure that has meaning yet to be discovered?”

— John C. Eccles

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Source: Facing Reality (1970), Ch. 5.

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Australian neurophysioloigst 1903–1997

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