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The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes… — Karl Popper
When an investigator has developed a formula which gives a complete representation of the phenomena within a certain range, he may be prone to satisfaction.… — Arthur Eddington
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of clinical facts would… — Wilfred Trotter
The releasing of attachment to object and certain beliefs was already indelibly written as a very necessary step in my human progress toward being. — Marlo Morgan
It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin… — Bertrand Russell
Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not know what others… — J C Ryle
Herrmann Pidoux and Armand Trousseau stated 'Disease exists within us, because of us, and through us', Pasteur did not entirely disagree, 'This is true for… — Louis Pasteur
Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by… — Aristotle
In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other inventions and discoveris.… — Abraham Lincoln
For Nature is accustomed to rehearse with certain large, perhaps baser, and all classes of wild (animals), and to place in the imperfect the rudiments… — Marcello Malpighi
On our planet, all objects are subject to continual and inevitable changes which arise from the essential order of things. These changes take place at… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay of… — Robert Andrews Millikan
War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience,… — Walter Bagehot
The laws of certain states . . . give an ownership in the service of Negroes as personal property . . . . But being… — Alexander Hamilton
Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree,… — Thomas Jefferson
The meditation that gives you immediate joy or continuous joy is the best meditation for you. Everyone will not have the same meditation. Your meditation… — Sri Chinmoy
If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work;… — Albert Einstein
Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger… — Sigmund Freud
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations,… — Harry S. Truman
There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside the eyes of… — David Attenborough

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