The ability of nonintelligent people to understand the most complicated mechanisms and to use them has always been to me a cause of astonishment: their inability to understand simple questions is even more astonishing. The general acceptance of simple ideas… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The history of science should not be an instrument to defend any kind of social or philosophic theory; it should be used only for… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility. — George Sarton Copy Share Image
It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never occurred to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The historical order is very interesting, but accidental and capricious; if we would to understand the growth of knowledge, we cannot be satisfied with… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The rationalism of the creative minds was tempered by abundant fantasies, and the supreme beauty of the monuments was probably spoiled by the circumambient… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
If we are generous enough, we can stretch our souls everywhere and everywhen else. If we succeed in doing so, we shall discover that… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The main, as well as the least obvious, achievement of the Middle Ages was the creation of the experimental spirit and this was primarily… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
On the basis of my historical experience, I fully believe that mathematics of the 25th century will be as different from that of today… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
It is childish to assume that science began in Greece; the Greek "miracle" was prepared by millenia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and possibly… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree of illiteracy… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The whole past and the whole world are alive in my heart, and I shall do my part to communicate their presence to my… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
