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The motive of science was the extension of man, on all sides, into Nature, till his hands should touch the stars.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Beauty · 1841

Natural philosophy Quotations

“The motive of science was the extension of man, on all sides, into Nature, till his hands should touch the stars.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Beauty, 1841 · Primary source

“All our science lacks a human side.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Beauty, 1841 · Primary source

“Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occured in experience.”

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1888 · Primary source

“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.”

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1888 · Primary source

“Intellectual individualism and scientific eras emerged simultaneously in history and have remained inseparable ever since.”

Albert Einstein · Ideas and Opinions , 1954 · Primary source

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Natural philosophy

3 authors · 3 works · 10 themes · 20 tags
Authors
Albert Einstein Theoretical physicistRalph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopherLeonardo da Vinci Renaissance artist and inventor
Works
Ideas and Opinions Albert Einstein · 1954The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (translated by Jean Paul Richter) · 1888Beauty Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841
Themes
Science extends human reachUnderstanding humanity through natureLimits of purely analytical knowledge
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NatureScienceKnowledgeCausation
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