Science Quotes

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"Every phenomenon has a cause, and every cause contains its sufficient reason."
Christian Wolff
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"The study of mathematics reveals the structure underlying all existence."
Christian Wolff
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"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics to those who listen."
Christian Wolff
"Science and faith need not be enemies; they are different windows on the same reality."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The true system of the world has been recognised, last, in the masterly work of Newton on the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Every problem in mechanics can be reduced to mathematics."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The universe is written in mathematical characters."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The universe operates according to mathematical principles."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
Johann Goethe
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"The test of knowledge is experiment."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The love of science among the generality of mankind is much weaker than it is supposed to be."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Science is organized knowledge."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The study of nature is an inexhaustible source of wonder."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The greatest discoveries are those which reduce the greatest number of phenomena to the simplest principles."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"God created, Linnaeus organized."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The variation exists in nature and we can only catalog it."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Observation without classification is mere wandering."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The smallest creature reveals universal principles."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics and order."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The scientist must combine rigorous method with open wonder."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The work of science is to illuminate nature's hidden harmony."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Science is the light that dispels the darkness of ignorance."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"True science teaches doubt and reverence; fake science teaches arrogance."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"All knowledge begins with perception."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Sensory experience connects us to reality."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Observation precedes all true knowledge."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Our sensations are the source of all ideas."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Systematic observation leads to understanding."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac