Ex-peira: The Scientific Experiment and the Spiritual Experience as Ways of Tryout
Keywords:
scientific experiment, spiritual experience, reality, Eastern Christianism, Byzantine spiritualityAbstract
The current paper aims to discuss the approach between the mystic's experience and the experiment of the scientist. The mystic experience is closer to what is proper to the scientific experiment: both are, finally, ways of tryout. This also means that both are ways to come closer to a deeper understanding of Reality
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