Happiness Quote by Epicurus

Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, “Science for Science's sake” is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts,…

— Henri Poincare

“In the third section, you proceed to turn us into modest and peace-loving Epicureans.”

— Martin Luther

The Epicureans denied that the gods had created the world and also denied that they played any role in it.

— Catherine Wilson

The Epicureans, according to whom animals had no creation, doe suppose that by mutation of one into another, they were first made; for they…

— Plutarch

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

— Georg Buchner

Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts…

— Henri Poincare

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

— Peter Hammill

Even if the gods did exist, the Epicureans argued, they didn't care about us. Rather, everything comes from nature, and all that really exists…

— Catherine Wilson

“He was not interested in detached knowledge, science for science's sake: there was no use learning anything if it was of no use. Relevance…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

'Science in itself' is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. 'Science for its own sake' usually means…

— Rudolf Virchow

The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin' vibrations.

— Anonymous

In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles…

— Noah Webster