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“But science is permitted because this wisdom is like a ladder to climb to the Torah wisdom.”
Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512–1609) Czech rabbi
Netiv Hatorah 14
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
The Sayings of the Wise (1555), p. 128
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer
Source: The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
“Challenging the conventional wisdom is the way to make waves in science.”
James E. Lovelock (1919) independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist
[James Lovelock: Challenge the dogma! (Web of Stories), YouTube, 6 August 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA8FbEHsgus]
Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765) Muslim religious person
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 247
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“The science of probability gives mathematical expression to our ignorance, not to our wisdom.”
Samuel R. Delany Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones
Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (1968)
Context: If everything, everything were known, statistical estimates would be unnecessary. The science of probability gives mathematical expression to our ignorance, not to our wisdom.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“Science has brought us power and ideas but not the wisdom or responsibility to handle them.”
Peter J. Carroll (1953) British occultist
Source: Liber Null & Psychonaut (1987), p. 113
“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer