“That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly… — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image
“The alien is that which stems from elsewhere and does not belong here . . . The stranger who does not know the ways… — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image
“That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but… — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image
“For in the ever-repeated origination of highly organized individuals from an infinitesimal germ, the working-out of a prearranged plan of growth and development seems… — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image
Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual. — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image
“In living things, nature springs an ontological surprise in which the world-accident of terrestrial conditions brings to light an entirely new possibility of being:… — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image
“Whatever variety evolution brings forth... Every new dimension of world-response...means another modality for God's trying out his hidden essence and discovering himself through the… — Hans Jonas Copy Share Image