The mysterious

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Human existence is girt round with mystery: the narrow region of our experience is a small island in the midst of a boundless sea.

John Stuart Mill

The Utility of Religion

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Topic

The mysterious Mysteriousness of the universe The human condition

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

The Utility of Religion

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Utility of Religion." Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Ethics, Religion and Society. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 10, Routledge, 2014.

To recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable, is the ultimate achievement of wisdom. The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?

Oscar Wilde

De Profundis

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Topic

Inner life The mysterious

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

De Profundis

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Wilde, Oscar. Letter to Lord Alfred Douglas. Jan.-Mar. 1897.

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone.

Rod Serling

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Topic

The mysterious The unknown

Speaker

Rod Serling

Source

The Twilight Zone

Medium

TV program

Genre

Science fiction (TV) Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

"A Thing About Machines." The Twilight Zone, directed by David Orrick McDearmon, written by Rod Serling, season 2, episode 4, Cayuga Productions/CBS Productions, 1960.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

The mysterious Awe Wonder Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13 Forum and Century

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

German

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13." Forum and Century, Oct. 1930, vol. 84, issue 4, pp. 193-194.

Curiouser and curiouser!

Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Topic

The mysterious

Author

Lewis Carroll

Source

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1865, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puffin Books, 2015, ch. 2.

Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery.

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

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Topic

The mysterious Stories Human nature

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 17.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

Rene Magritte

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Topic

The unknown The mysterious

Speaker

Rene Magritte

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Magritte, Rene. Quoted in Magritte by Suzy Grablik. New York Graphic Society, 1970.

The cosmos is all there is or ever was or ever will be. Our contemplations of the cosmos stir us. There is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries.

Carl Sagan

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Topic

The universe Origin of the universe Space The mysterious

Speaker

Carl Sagan

Source

Cosmos

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Sagan, Carl. Cosmos. Random House, 1980.

The only valid thing in art is that which cannot be explained.

Georges Braque

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Topic

The mysterious Art

Author

Georges Braque

Medium

Interview

Language

Unclear

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Braque, George. Interviewed by John Richardson. New York Graphic Society, 1957.