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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Famous quotes containing the words beginning of the, beginning of, beginning, universe and/or life:
“The good—have always been the beginning of the end.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“When great nations fear to expand, shrink from expansion, it is because their greatness is coming to an end. Are we, still in the prime of our lusty youth, still at the beginning of our glorious manhood, to sit down among the outworn people, to take our place with the weak and the craven? A thousand times no!”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
“Look up, Hannah! The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly!”
—Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
“What the hell is nostalgia doing in a science-fiction film? With the whole universe and all the future to play in, Lucas took his marvelous toys and crawled under the fringed cloth on the parlor table, back into a nice safe hideyhole, along with Flash Gordon and the Cowardly Lion and Luck Skywalker and the Flying Aces and the Hitler Jugend. If there’s a message there, I don’t think I want to hear it.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)
“Whoever influences the child’s life ought to try to give him a positive view of himself and of his world. The child’s future happiness and his ability to cope with life and relate to others will depend on it.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)