Science Quotes

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"Matter is infinite in division; no smallest part exists."
Anaxagoras
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"The natural world obeys laws that can be understood."
Anaxagoras
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"Science is merely the formalization of what wisdom has always known."
Aesop
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"The void is as real as the atom, though we cannot see it with our eyes."
Leucippus
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"The smallest unseen things shape the greatest visible worlds."
Leucippus
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"What appears solid is mostly nothingness, yet holds its form through eternal law."
Leucippus
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"What we call motion is the atoms finding their necessary paths."
Leucippus
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"The very foundation of reality is what our eyes refuse to show us."
Leucippus
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"The atom is eternal, unchangeable, and indivisible in its nature."
Leucippus
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"The void is not absence but the very substance of infinite space."
Leucippus
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"What appears chaotic obeys laws as eternal as the atoms themselves."
Leucippus
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"What moves through space does so because atoms demand it."
Leucippus
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"What appears to us as qualities are merely arrangements of the indivisible."
Leucippus
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"What is immutable cannot be created or destroyed by any force."
Leucippus
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"What we call order and disorder are both expressions of atomic law."
Leucippus
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"The atom knows no beginning and recognizes no end."
Leucippus
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"The smallest indivisible unit contains the secret of the largest universe."
Leucippus
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"Water is the principle of all things."
Anaximander
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"The stars are fire breathing creatures."
Anaximander
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"The universe operates on principles, not chaos."
Anaximander
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"All things arise from the apeiron."
Anaximander
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"Science seeks to understand reality."
Anaximander
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"In the rarefaction and condensation of matter lies the secret of becoming."
Anaximenes
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"Density and rarity are the mechanisms by which the infinite creates variety."
Anaximenes
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"Rarity and density explain not only matter but the nature of being."
Anaximenes
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"The cosmos operates according to laws, not chance."
Anaximenes
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"All change follows principles as orderly as the heavens."
Anaximenes
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"To understand air is to understand the principle of life itself."
Anaximenes
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"Those who study the heavens glimpse the mind of nature."
Anaximenes
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"The substance of all things is imperceptible to the crude senses."
Anaximenes