The aim of this book is to offer a profound and unitary discussion of problems of fundamental problems that, although common to the two cultures, have traditionally been considered from different perspectives.

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Time, Infinity, Cosmology.- Did Time Have a Beginning? A Meeting Point for Science and Philosophy.- The Flowand the Map: On the Dynamic and Static Views of Time.- The Evolution of the Universe.- And the Eternal Zeno Springs to Mind.- Creating the Physical World ex nihilo? On the Quantum Vacuum and Its Fluctuations.- Worldly Nihilism and Theological Nihilism - A Possible Definition.- General Discussion on the Themes of the First Section.- Intelligence and Emotions.- Original Knowledge and the Two Cultures.- The Many Faces of Intelligence.- Cycles of Re-Creation - A Psychoanalytical Approach to Music.- Beauty and Creativity.- Symmetry: A Bridge Between the Two Cultures.- The Dynamics of Beauty.- Scientific and Artistic Creativity: In Search of Unifying Analogies.- The Artworld and the World of Works of Art.- Architecture Between Science and Art.- The Mirror: An Optical Prosthesis that Multiplies the Reflective Abilities of the Mind.