• In a way, science shares much with religion: Both are used to explain life's unknown. Similarly, they have the ability to make us feel insignificant and elevated. Awe, an intense form of wonder, makes people feel smaller than they are.
• Art primarily appeared in a religious context, b...

Wonder is said to be a childish emotion. However, as adults, we experience it when gaping at something unexpectedly spectacular.

• French philosopher René Descartes described wonder as the emotion that motivates scientists to investigates phenomena.
• Socrates said that philosophy begins with wonder - wonder leads us to try to understand our world.
• Richard Dawkins portrayed wonder as the core from which sc...

The bodily symptoms of this strange appearance point to three dimensions:

At the mild end of this emotion, we talk about things being marvelous. More intense emotions might be described as astonishing. The extreme of this experiences is met with expressions of awe.