Science Quotes

"Culture is the mechanism by which humans transcend their biological nature"

"Cultural patterns persist because they solve real problems, even if those problems are not immediately apparent"

"The patterns of culture are as real and as important as the laws of physics"

"The study of culture reveals that human nature is far more flexible than we often assume"

"The patterns of culture are learned through socialization, reinforced through ritual, and transmitted through symbols"

"The diversity of cultures proves that human nature is not fixed but infinitely malleable"

"To forbid us any recourse to the notion of cause is to make the science of history frankly impossible."

"Science demands both imagination and rigorous method."

"Science without conscience is the ruin of the soul."

"Science without philosophy becomes mere technique."

"Science seeks truth; religion seeks meaning. Both are necessary."

"Science reveals what is; philosophy explores what ought to be."

"Numbers are not knowledge; they are the tools of knowledge."

"Science is the methodology by which we come to understand the natural world."

"The way to do fieldwork is to go and live among the people you want to study."

"The study of other cultures is the study of human possibility."

"Science is the systematic pursuit of truth."

"History is the science of what has changed and what has endured."

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

"The measurement of space reflected theological assumptions about the universe."

"Medieval medicine mixed empirical observation with astrological theory."

"The growth of knowledge creates new problems faster than it solves old ones."

"Science reveals the mechanisms of nature but not its meaning."

"Science that claims to answer questions of meaning exceeds its proper authority."

"History is the science of things that do not repeat themselves."

"Material conditions form the foundation upon which all other aspects of society are built."

"Economic forces operate according to patterns, though not with mechanical regularity."

"Astrology was not superstition but a sophisticated science that mapped divine order onto human affairs."

"Medieval pharmacology was empirical and rational, despite its intermixing with magical thinking."

"Medieval mathematics was not inferior but differently oriented, suited to different practical problems."