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
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"All knowledge begins with perception."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Sensory experience connects us to reality."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Observation precedes all true knowledge."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Our sensations are the source of all ideas."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Systematic observation leads to understanding."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac