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“Neuroscientists rarely have to grapple with the issue of presentism versus existentialism. But in practice, neuroscientists are implicitly presentists. They view the past, present, and future as fundamentally distinct, as the brain makes decisions in the present, based on the memories of the past, to enhance our well being in the future. But despite its intuitive appeal, presentism is the underdog theory in physics and philosophy.”
Dean Buonomano
“The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.”
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., The Cycles of American History“Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.”
Randy Alcorn, Courageous“It’s hard for me to believe that I will die. Because I’m bubbling in a frigid freshness. My life is going to be very long because each instant is. The impression is that I’m still to be born and I can’t quite manage it.”
Clarice Lispector“Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.”
Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life“Feeling its power, one Civil War paper trumpeted that Milton and Homer were for another age but for this one was the New York Herald.”
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