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- In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not… — David Bohm
- The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements… — John Playfair
- The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an… — William James
- By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us… — Morris Raphael Cohen
- Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
- I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I… — Kwame Anthony Appiah
- How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be… — David Hume
- The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of… — Emile Durkheim
- Modern economics is a set of formal models and equations purporting to fully determine human behaviour, at least in the economic realm.… — Murray Rothbard
- In the absence of any written analogue to speech, the sensible, natural environment remains the primary visual counterpart of spoken utterance, the… — David Abram
- Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can… — Joseph Butler