The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life. Edgar Morin More Quotes by Edgar Morin More Quotes From Edgar Morin Today, the fundamental global objective of all education aspiring not only to progress but to the survival of humanity is to Civilize and Unify the Earth and Transform the human species into genuine humanity The education of the future should teach an ethics of planetary understanding. Edgar Morin survival understanding humanity The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man's destiny, life, the world. Edgar Morin life-and-death destiny men