Formation of the Noosphere

* Article: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The Formation of the Noosphere: A Plausible Biological Interpretation of Human History. Revue des Questions Scientifique, January 1947. pp. 7-35

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Contextual Quote

'To avoid misunderstanding, it may be well to point out that the general synthesis outlined in these

pages makes no claim to replace or to exclude the theological account of human destiny. The description of the Noosphere and its attendant biology, as here propounded, is no more opposed to the Divine Transcendence, to Grace, to the Incarnation, or to the Ultimate Parousia, than is the science of paleontology to the Creation, or of embryology to the First Cause. The reverse is true. To those prepared to follow the author in his thinking, it will be apparent that biology merges into theology, and that the Word made Flesh is to be regarded not as a postulate of science -- which would be, in the nature of things, absurd -- but as something, a mysterious Alpha and Omega, taking its place within the whole plan of the universe, both human and divine.'

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin [1]

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* Article: Teilhard’s Formation of the Noosphere: an exegesis and update. Dr. Clément Vidal.

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"This essay is a systematic exegesis of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s (1959a) essay The Formation of the Noosphere: A Plausible Biological Interpretation of Human History that was first published in 1947. My aim here is to update and critically analyse this text by weaving Teilhard’s insights with contemporary scientific and academic knowledge. I cite and comment on the whole text, leaving nothing out, following a “scholarly skywriting” methodology (Harnad 1990). To ease and contextualize the reading of this detailed analysis, I propose a general introduction to Teilhard’s thinking in a short separate essay (Vidal 2021)."