Laws Quote by Arthur Eddington

“It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.”

Arthur Eddington

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings)

Laws Mind Never Origin Possible Psychology

More by Arthur Eddington

Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good…

Arthur Eddington

Image

Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself.

Arthur Eddington

Image

It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them;…

Arthur Eddington

Image

Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

Arthur Eddington

Image

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.

Arthur Eddington

Image

There was a time when we wanted to be told what an electron is. The question was never answered. No familiar conceptions can be…

Arthur Eddington

Image

To the pure geometer the radius of curvature is an incidental characteristic - like the grin of the Cheshire cat. To the physicist it…

Arthur Eddington

Image

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Arthur Eddington

Image

The universe will finally become a ball of radiation, becoming more and more rarified and passing into longer and longer wave-lengths. The longest waves…

Arthur Eddington

Image

Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.

Arthur Eddington

Image

We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We…

Arthur Eddington

Image

If your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but…

Arthur Eddington

Image

Explore all 81 Arthur Eddington quotes

More Laws quotes

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within…

Angela Davis

Image

Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…

Noam Chomsky

Image

“Countries, states, cities, corporations and laws are all words on paper.”

Bryant McGill

Image

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their…

Ai Weiwei

Image

It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting…

Rebecca MacKinnon

Image

Whenever we have had a need for a national security or public safety issue, Congress has always followed the recommendations of the White House,…

Jim Sensenbrenner

Image

Strict laws should be made and implemented against people who leak pirated versions of films online. This is completely anti-national.

Raza Murad

Image

My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they…

John Cleveland

Image

Clearly if the United States' relationship with Cuba changed, which would require a regime change inside Cuba, if Cuba moved towards a more democratic…

Jeb Bush