Accidents Quote by Avicenna

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

— Avicenna

In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of…

— C. V. Raman

All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions … In nature there is no effect without a cause … Experience never errs; it…

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is rightly laid down that 'true knowledge is knowledge by causes'. Also the establishment of four causes is not bad: material, formal, efficient…

— Francis Bacon

“Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences,…

— Baha'u'llah

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

— Frank Herbert

no knowledge obtained without risk

— Stephen King

Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection.…

— John Dewey

Knowledge is devalued when it becomes too generally known

— Thomas M. Disch

...knowledge is the cause of human progress.

— Abdu'l-Bahá

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

— Geeta Iyengar

From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so…

— Talcott Parsons