Beginning of The Universe and Life
- Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
- Cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe
- Cosmology, the study of the universe and humanity's place in it
- Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
- Genesis creation narrative, creation as described in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible
- Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
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“The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“In a living society every day is a day of judgment; and its recognition as such is not the end of all things but the beginning of a real civilization.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
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