--- title: "4 Revolutions Thought Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Revolutions Thought quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Revolutions Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/arthur-koestler-1903_age_the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-t_35279.jpg" --- > [The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-koestler/the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-the-basic-outlook-of-an-age/) [Arthur Koestler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-koestler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/arthur-koestler-1903_age_the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-t_35279.jpg) > [In the history of physics, there have been three great revolutions in thought that first seemed absurd yet proved to be true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-teller/in-the-history-of-physics-there-have-been-three-great-revolutions-in/) [Edward Teller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-teller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/edward-teller-12255_absurd_in-the-history-of-physics-there-have-bee_1481133.png) > [“Akasha, for two thousand years I have watched,' he said. 'Call me the Roman in the Arena if you will and tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/akasha-for-two-thousand-years-i-have-watched-he-said-call-me-the/) [Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/anne-rice-238_eternal-life_akasha-for-two-thousand-years-i-have-wat_2334838.jpg) > [“It has often been noted that three major revolutions in thought have threatened the idea of human centrality. First, Copernicus demonstrated that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvin-d-yalom/it-has-often-been-noted-that-three-major-revolutions-in-thought-have/) [Irvin D. Yalom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvin-d-yalom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/irvin-d-yalom-1519_arthur-schopenhauer_it-has-often-been-noted-that-three-major_2795843.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/revolutions-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Revolutions Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible agents and innocent germ carriers, by the most varied forms of contact, or simply by breathing the common air.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur Koestler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-koestler/the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-the-basic-outlook-of-an-age/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/arthur-koestler-1903_age_the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-t_35279.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/arthur-koestler-1903_age_the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-t_35279.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/arthur-koestler-1903_age_the-revolutions-of-thought-which-shape-t_35279.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books…” — Arthur Koestler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the history of physics, there have been three great revolutions in thought that first seemed absurd yet proved to be true. The first proposed that the earth, instead of being stationary, was moving around at a great and variable speed in a universe that is much bigger than it appears to our immediate perception. That proposal, I believe, was first made by Aristarchos two millenia ago ... 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'Call me the Roman in the Arena if you will and tell me tales of the ages that went before. When I knelt at your feet I begged you for your knowledge. But what I have witnessed in this short span has filled me with awe and love for all things mortal; I have seen revolutions in thought and philosophy which I believed impossible. Is not the human race moving towards the very age of peace you describe?' Her face was a picture of disdain. 'Marius,' she said, 'this will go down as one of the bloodiest centuries in the history of the human race. What revolutions do you speak of, when millions have been exterminated by one small European nation on the whim of a madman, when entire cities were melted into oblivion by bombs? When children in desert countries of the East war on other children in the name of an ancient and despotic God? Marius, women the world over wash the fruits of their wombs down public drains. The screams of the hungry are deafening, yet unheard by the rich who cavort in technological citadels; disease runs rampant among the starving of whole continents while the sick in palatial hospitals spend the wealth of the world on cosmetics refinements and the promise of eternal life through pills and vials.\" She laughed softly. 'Did ever the cries of the dying ring so thickly in the ears of those of us who can hear them? 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