Full Idea
The existence of a universe from which sentience was permanently absent is an unintelligible fantasy. What exists is what can be known to exist. What is true is what can be known to be true. Reality is what can be experienced and known.
Gist of Idea
The existence of a universe without sentience or intelligence is an unintelligible fantasy
Source
Michael Dummett (Truth and the Past [2001], 5)
Book Reference
Dummett,Michael: 'Truth and the Past (Dewey Lectures)' [Columbia 2004], p.92
A Reaction
This strikes me as nonsense. The fact that we cannot think about a universe without introducing a viewpoint does not mean that we cannot 'intellectually imagine' its existence devoid of viewpoints. Nothing could ever experience a star's interior.