"The time of existence, not only of my 80-year-old body, but also of our planet, the earth, although it is billions of years, is only an infinitesimal moment of infinite time. That is why the causes of my origin, of the earth and of everything that exists in the world can neither be understood nor known to us. Likewise, the relationship with matter, in space, of my body, the earth and everything you want, is not, if we are talking about the infinite world again, not even a grain of sand, it is nothing. It is not the boundlessness of time and matter in space that is amazing, but what is amazing, I would say, is the infinite stupidity of people who think that material phenomena are easy to understand, who are content to explain life without feeling the need to recognize a spiritual component.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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The time of existence, not only of my 80-year-old body, but also of our planet, the earth, although it is billions of years, is only an infinitesimal moment of infinite time. That is why the causes of my origin, of the earth and of everything that exists in the world can neither be understood nor known to us. Likewise, the relationship with matter, in space, of my body, the earth and everything you want, is not, if we are talking about the infinite world again, not even a grain of sand, it is nothing. It is not the boundlessness of time and matter in space that is amazing, but what is amazing, I would say, is the infinite stupidity of people who think that material phenomena are easy to understand, who are content to explain life without feeling the need to recognize a spiritual component.
""Timpul existenței, nu numai al trupului meu de 80 de ani, ci și al planetei noastre, al pământului, deși este de miliarde de ani, e numai o clipă infinit mică a timpului infinit. De aceea cauzele originii mele, a pământului și a tot ce există pe lume nu pot fi nici înțelese, nici cunoscute nouă. La fel și relația cu materia, în spațiu, a corpului meu, a pământului și a tot ceea ce vreți, nu este, dacă vorbim din nou de lumea infinită, nici măcar un fir de nisip, e nimic. Nu nemărginirea timpului și a materiei în spațiu sunt uimitoare, ci uimitoare e, aș spune, prostia infinită a oamenilor care cred că fenomenele materiale sunt ușor de înțeles, care se mulțumesc să explice viața fără să simtă necesitatea recunoașterii unei componente spirituale."