Philosophical Sayings
483 sayings found from the Modern era
Experiment itself cannot give truth, but it gives the means of destroying erroneous representations whilst confirming those which are true in all their consequences.
To conceive, understand, and grasp the whole symmetry of the scientific edifice, including its unfinished portions, is equivalent to tasting that enjoyment only conveyed by the highest forms of beauty and truth.
There are no grounds to think that knowledge and our mastery over matter have bounds.
The chemist must descend into the depths within himself, and find the spark of an idea to illuminate the darkness.
The essence of chemistry lies not in the pursuit of knowledge alone, but also in the pursuit of truth.
If statements of fact themselves depend upon the person who observes them, how much more distinct is the reflection of the personality of him who gives an account of methods and of philosophical speculations which form the essence of science!
I have achieved an inner freedom.
It is useful in this sense to make a clear distinction between the conception of an element as a separate homogenous substance and as a material but invisible part of a compound.
Atomic weight belongs not to coal or diamond but carbon.
No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.
Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.
Science which deals with the infinite is itself without bounds.
The invisible world of chemical atoms is still waiting for the creator of chemical mechanics.
Refrain from illusions, insist on work, and not on words, patiently search divine and scientific truth.
By gradually studying matter, people finally take command of it.
Hypotheses help and guide scientific work — the search for truth — as the tiller's plough helps the cultivation of useful plants.
What has been sown for the field of science will grow up for the people's welfare.
In science we must all submit not to what seems to us attractive from one point of view or another, but to what represents an agreement between theory and experiment.
he reproached the modern scientific thought because it “got entangled in ions and electrons”.
The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion. Nevertheless I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to…