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Science Quotes by David Hume
- All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still…
- 'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which true…
- In all matters of opinion and science ... the difference between men is ... oftener found to lie in generals than in particulars; and to…
- But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most contentious…
- I do not think a philosopher who would apply himself so earnestly to the explaining the ultimate principles of the soul, would show himself a…
- Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.
- How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be the foundation of…
- We have no other notion of cause and effect, but that of certain objects, which have always conjoin'd together, and which in all past instances…
- There is nothing, in itself, valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, beautiful or deformed; but that these attributes arise from the particular constitution and fabric…
- The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
- Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
- Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.
- The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstruction in this…
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- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle
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- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov