霊的体験を探し求める人的存在が、人間の本質ではない。人間とは、人的体験に頭まで浸かった霊的存在である。 - （ピエール・）テイヤール・ド・シャルダン (1881 - 1955)
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You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience. - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955)
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