Bernard d'Espagnat (1921–2015) French physicist and philosopher
in Une réouverture des chemins du sens, edited by [Jean Staune, Science et quête de sens, Presses de la Renaissance, 2005, 2750901251, 26]
“Only the science of the Absolute gives meaning and discipline to the science of the relative.”
[2013, From the Divine to the Human, World Wisdom, 119, 978-1-936597-32-1]
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