Long story Quote by Karl R. Popper

“Since all terms that are defined are defined by means of other terms, it is clear that human knowledge must always be content to…

— Bertrand Russell

Science, incidentally, not only ignores the question of indwelling 'essences' by looking instead at measurable relationships, but science also does not agree that knowledge…

— Robert Anton Wilson

“This is what Aristotle meant when he said that the object of science is the necessary and the universal; man and not this man.”

— Fulton J. Sheen

What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.

— Ernst Mayr

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

— Edmund Burke

“Limited (narrow) knowledge is a sect and Boundless (Unlimited) knowledge is the ‘science’.”

— Dada Bhagwan

One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without…

— Gottfried Leibniz

“The philosopher seeks a generality beyond the boundaries of science; he attempts to frame a comprehensive and coherent framework of ideas within which the…

— William Barrett

“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds remain necessary.”

— Albert Einstein

[Scientists] define these [terms] in tight phrases which convey a meaning only to those who already understand it.

— Anthony Standen

“your philosopher simply plays on abstract terms and empty words.”

— Kaiten Nukariya