“The proper measure of a philosophical system or a scientific theory is not the degree to which it anticipated modern thought, but its degree of success in treating the philosophical and scientific problems of its own day.” — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
“If we wish to do justice to the historical enterprise, we must take past for what it was. And that means that we must resist the temptation to scour the past for examples or precursors of modern science. We must… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
“If there was anything obviously heroic about medieval surgery, it was the patient.” — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
“The proper measure of a philosophical system or a scientific theory is not the degree to which it anticipated modern thought, but its degree… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
“If we wish to do justice to the historical enterprise, we must take past for what it was. And that means that we must… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
“The establishment of medical studies in the university (as opposed to some other possible institutional home) created a linkage between medicine and other branches… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
“From the same twelfth-century bestiary, we learn that the hedgehog is covered with spikes and curls itself into a ball for protection; that the… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
