Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces e…

Huston Smith
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Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it. ✨ Huston Smith, Jeffery Paine (2012). The Huston Smith Reader, p.43, Univ of California Press
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