Science Quotes

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"The universe operates according to mathematical principles."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Science is the systematic pursuit of truth through reason."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Sensation is the foundation of all our knowledge and the source of all our ideas."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The senses are the only legitimate source of human knowledge."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Sensory experience is the bridge between the external world and internal understanding."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The foundation of all arts and sciences is careful observation."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The progression from sensation to understanding is the progression to humanity itself."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The universe operates by natural laws, not by divine intervention or priestly whim."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The universe cares nothing for our prayers but everything for our understanding."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Nature reveals itself not through revelation but through observation and reason."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"To understand nature is to understand the nature of understanding itself."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The universe operates according to laws that are indifferent to our hopes, fears, and prayers."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"God created, Linnaeus organized."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Observation is the foundation of all science."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The study of nature is the study of infinite complexity."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The natural world is written in the language of mathematics."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Science without system is scattered effort."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Science is the dialogue between mind and nature."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Observation without hypothesis is blind wandering."
Carl Linnaeus
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"To understand the cosmos, one must first understand the language in which it is written."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Obstacles in scientific inquiry are not failures; they are invitations to deeper understanding."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The language of mathematics is the only language truly universal to all thinking beings."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Mathematical principles are not invented by man; they are discovered, like continents in an unknown sea."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The beauty of discovery is that it often contradicts our previous understanding."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Precision is the virtue of the accurate observer."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Natural history must begin with the facts, not with hypotheses."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Science is organized knowledge."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The universe is not only far stranger than we imagine, it is far stranger than we can imagine."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The study of nature is the foundation of all wisdom."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The universe reveals itself only to those who seek earnestly."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon