Science Quotes

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"The method of science is the only path to truth."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"Evolution is the key to understanding all existence."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"The work of science is never finished."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"The greatest discoveries often come from careful observation."
Peirce, Charles Sanders
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"What yesterday was still religion is today already science."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"The universe is rational."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Science must be the foundation of all knowledge."
Comte, Auguste
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"Statistics is the mathematics of society."
Comte, Auguste
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"The greatest science is the science of human society."
Comte, Auguste
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"The study of society must be as rigorous as the study of nature."
Comte, Auguste
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"Psychology is the science of mental life, both of its phenomena and of their conditions."
James, William
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"I have never denied the possibility of such experiences or phenomena."
James, William
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"As the physiological side of every emotion gradually fades away."
James, William
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"The universe is one and continuous, evolution is its way of working."
James, William
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"To be a psychologist, one must also be an artist and a philosopher."
James, William
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"Science is a pursuit of something true about the world. It is not a special privilege of scientists but a human activity."
Dewey, John
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"The method of intelligence is the method of experience."
Dewey, John
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"The test of the scientific spirit is willingness to abandon any conclusion, however much beloved, if the evidence runs counter to it."
Dewey, John
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"Science is organized knowledge, and ignorance is disorganized knowledge."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Before he frames a very limited theory, every student should have acquired what may be called the scientific habit of mind."
Spencer, Herbert
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"The mechanism of thought is the association of ideas."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Science is the knowledge of facts; art is the knowledge of truths."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Nature will never be understood until the phenomena of life and organization are explained mechanically."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"The practical application of knowledge is the ultimate measure of truth."
Marx, Karl
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"For the working class, science is a tool of emancipation."
Marx, Karl
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"The scientific spirit is the only foundation upon which a stable civilization can be built."
Comte, Auguste
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"Science and theology need not conflict if properly understood."
Comte, Auguste
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"The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Science reveals the truth that superstition obscures."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Science and faith need not be enemies but partners in understanding."
Feuerbach, Ludwig