Erwin Schrodinger:

It is not possible that this unity of knowledge, feeling and choice which you call your own should have sprung into being from nothingness at a given moment not so long ago; rather this knowledge, feeling and choice are essentially eternal and unchangeable and numerically one in all men, nay in all sensitive beings.

— Erwin Schrodinger Modern

Wave mechanics

Context

From 'What is Life?', a profound statement on the timeless and unified nature of consciousness.

Date / Period

1944

Source

https://onejourney.net/erwin-schroedinger-quotes/

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Explanation

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