Lebenswelt Quotes

“The laws of physics, which govern the behaviour of atoms and the movements of the stars, govern also the conduct of rational beings.
And yet: Being is still enchanted for us;
in a hundred Places it remains a source - a play of pure Powers, which touches no one, who does not kneel and wonder.
Words still go softly forth towards the unsayable. And music, always new, from palpitating stones
Builds in useless space its godly home.
[Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus, n]

This enchantment — revealed to us in the constant intimation of sacred things — belongs, not to the world of physical science, but to the Lebenswelt, which we ourselves construct through our collusive actions. The 'scientific realist' sees only a disenchanted world; and what he sees is real. But within reality we also make our home, and in doing so we provide the meaning that is lacking from the world of science.”
― Roger Scruton, Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Investigation

“Auf die eine oder andere Art leben wir doch alle auf dem Mond.”
― Jane E. Menning