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Whenever the essential nature of things is analysed by the intellect, it must seem absurd or paradoxical. This has always been recognized by the mystics, but has become a problem in science only very recently.

Fritjof Capra

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Fritjof Capra
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: February 1
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