The quarrels of theologians and philosophers have not been about religion, but about philosophy; and philosophers not unfrequently seem to entertain the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
My fundamental axiom of speculative philosophy is that materialism and spiritualism are opposite poles of the same absurdity-the absurdity of imagining that… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
In truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Every philosophical thinker hails it [The Origin of Species] as a veritable Whitworth gun in the armoury of liberalism. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Of all the senseless babble I have ever had occasion to read, the demonstrations of these philosophers who undertake to tell us… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The sceptics end in the infidelity which asserts the problem to be insoluble, or in the atheism which denies the existence of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Missionaries, whether of philosophy or religion, rarely make rapid way, unless their preachings fall in with the prepossessions ofthe multitude of shallow… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to apes to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked according to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair"… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
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