Analysis Quote by William Whewell

In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge,…

— William Whewell

“And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.”

— William Whewell

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of…

— William Whewell

The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.

— William Whewell

The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already…

— William Whewell

The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by…

— William Whewell

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it…

— William Whewell

...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall use a…

— William Whewell

We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first…

— William Whewell

The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a…

— William Whewell

Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.

— William Whewell

Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting…

— William Whewell