"Baba says that man and the world were created by Our Father the Heavenly King, and the learned teacher says that the origin of man is the result of the struggle for survival between species and that the world is also the result of evolution. The difference between these conceptions, obviously in favor of the grandmother, is that, through her words about the creation of Our Father, the Heavenly King, sees in the creation of man, of his soul, and in the creation of the world something incomprehensible, inconceivable for the human mind. But, by his petty observations and conclusions, the learned teacher wants to mask that fundamental, incomprehensible and inconceivable thing, which must be recognized and separated from what is clear and accessible in order for these clear and accessible things to really be as I am.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Baba says that man and the world were created by Our Father the Heavenly King, and the learned teacher says that the origin of man is the result of the struggle for survival between species and that the world is also the result of evolution. The difference between these conceptions, obviously in favor of the grandmother, is that, through her words about the creation of Our Father, the Heavenly King, sees in the creation of man, of his soul, and in the creation of the world something incomprehensible, inconceivable for the human mind. But, by his petty observations and conclusions, the learned teacher wants to mask that fundamental, incomprehensible and inconceivable thing, which must be recognized and separated from what is clear and accessible in order for these clear and accessible things to really be as I am.
""Baba spune că omul și lumea au fost făurite de Tatăl Nostru Împăratul Ceresc, iar profesorul savant spune că originea omului este rezultatul luptei pentru supraviețuire dintre specii și că lumea este și ea rezultatul evoluției. Diferența dintre aceste concepții, evident în favoarea babei, este că, prin cuvintele ei despre creația Tatălui Nostru Împăratul Ceresc, vede în facerea omului, a sufletului lui, și în facerea lumii ceva de neînțeles, de neconceput pentru mintea omenească. Însa, prin observațiile și concluziile lui mărunte, profesorul savant vrea să mascheze acel lucru fundamental, de neînțeles și de neconceput, care trebuie să fie recunoscut și separat de ceea ce e clar și accesibil pentru că aceste lucruri clare și accesibile să fie într-adevăr așa cum sunt."