Project Gutenberg 2010-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 96 Gerard, John 1840 1912 The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer Produced by Chuck Greif, Peter Vachuska and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer" by John Gerard is a philosophical examination written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the intersections of science, reason, and the metaphysical questions regarding the origins and nature of life, existence, and the universe. Gerard argues against the notion that science alone can provide answers to all existential inquiries, suggesting that deeper philosophical inquiries remain unresolved. The opening of the text introduces the central theme regarding the universe's origin, establishing that it must have had a beginning, supported by both philosophical argument and scientific evidence. Gerard questions what existed prior to this beginning and explores how matter and existence can possibly arise from nothing. He emphasizes the importance of scrutinizing the limitations of scientific explanations and suggests that the quest for knowledge must include metaphysical considerations, challenging the reader to contemplate the profound mysteries that science cannot adequately address. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33859/33859-h/images/cover.jpg en Religion and science Evolution QH Text Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 662764 662773 2024-09-14T09:11:24.006836 2023-09-15T04:30:54.994166 text/html text/html 662499 2010-10-15T09:14:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1431246 2010-10-15T09:16:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1541874 2024-09-14T09:11:35.891773 application/epub+zip 1553979 2024-09-14T09:11:25.609881 application/epub+zip 284905 2024-09-14T09:11:24.740828 application/epub+zip 1774835 2024-09-14T09:11:42.488760 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1687356 2024-09-14T09:11:34.626768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425471 2022-09-15T12:14:35.156823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514836 2024-09-14T09:11:22.137786 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 514724 2010-10-15T09:14:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 188374 2010-10-15T09:16:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 514531 2010-10-15T09:14:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 188189 2010-10-15T09:16:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 514654 2010-10-15T09:14:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 188008 2010-10-15T09:16:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21578 2024-09-14T09:11:42.650701 application/rdf+xml 23119 2024-09-14T09:11:24.910831 image/jpeg 2322 2024-09-14T09:11:24.825813 image/jpeg 1502852 2024-09-14T09:11:24.094781 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog