A Requiem For the Human Heart
How the history of the organ is a barometer of human morality.
written by
Sabahat Fida and Hitesh Sonarpublished
Jan 19, 2026
METAPHOR
“Physical science cannot describe the symbolic forms through which man understands the world.”
Ernst Cassiner
MACHINE
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
Werner Heisenberg
METAPHYSICS
“The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the ‘disenchantment of the world.’”
Max Weber
Sabahat Fida is an educator based in Kashmir with Masters in zoology and philosophy. She writes at the intersection of science, religion, metaphysics, spirituality and philosophy. Hitesh Sonar is an illustrator at The Swaddle.