https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/10/30/mind-and-cosmos-thomas-nagel/
Ultimately, Nagel echoes John Updike’s reflection on the possibility of “permanent mystery”:
It is perfectly possible that the truth is beyond our reach, in virtue of our intrinsic cognitive limitations and not merely beyond our grasp in humanity’s present stage of intellectual development.
Though Mind and Cosmos isn’t a neat package of scientific, or even philosophical, answers, it’s a necessary thorn in the side of today’s all-too-prevalent scientific reductionism and a poignant affirmation of Isaac Asimov’s famous contention that “the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.”
How my heart sings 