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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of…
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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that…
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.…
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural…
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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp. It is…
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The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that…
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It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they…
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It is the property of things seen for the first time, or for the first time after long, like the flowers in…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Eucharist is the full realization of the worship which humanity owes to God, and it cannot be compared to any other…
— Pope John Paul II
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[The aim of science is] to explain what so far has taken to be an explicans, such as a law of nature.…
— Karl Popper
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What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we…
— Will Durant
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Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.
— Sol LeWitt
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Out of man's mind in free play comes the creation Science. It renews itself, like the generations, thanks to an activity which…
— Jacques Barzun
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Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give…
— Thomas Noon Talfourd
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In mission, also on a continental level, it is very important to reaffirm the family, which remains the essential cell of society…
— Pope Francis
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The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home…
— Romain Rolland
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Still, accomplishment is unreliable. "Succeeding," whatever that might mean to you, is hard, and the need to do so constantly renews itself…
— George Saunders
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A state attacked by another which renews an old claim rarely yields it without a war: it prefers to defend its territory,…
— Antoine-Henri Jomini
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