
“[T]he laws of science are products of the human mind rather than factors of the external world.”
Introductory
The Grammar of Science (1900)
Of mathematics — as quoted in Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (1980) by Morris Kline, p. 99.
“[T]he laws of science are products of the human mind rather than factors of the external world.”
Introductory
The Grammar of Science (1900)
“To seek wisdom rather than truth. It is more within our grasp.”
“We humans are willing to believe anything rather than the truth.”
Variant: We are willing to believe anything other than the truth.
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
"Symphony", in Memoir of William Henry Channing (1886) by Octavius Brooks Frothingham, p. 166.
Context: To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion: to he worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to have an oratory in my own heart, and present spotless sacrifices of dignified kindness in the temple of humanity; to spread no opinions glaringly out like show-plants, and yet leave the garden gate ever open for the chosen friend and the chance acquaintance: to make no pretenses to greatness; to seek no notoriety; to attempt no wide influence; to have no ambitious projects; to let my writings be the daily bubbling spring flowing through constancy, swelled by experiences, into the full, deep river of wisdom; to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never; … in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
“Educational technique needs a philosophy, which is a matter of faith rather than of science.”
Hans Freudenthal (1977) Weeding and Sowing: Preface to a Science of Mathematical Education. p. 33
The Basic Dictionary of Dianetics and Scientology (1988), p. 34.
The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis (2000), Chapter 8 : Misinterpretations of Rigvedic History
He must examine tests and explanations with the greatest precision and question them from all angles and aspects.
Ehsan Masood, Science and Islam https://www.amazon.com/Science-Islam-History-Icon/dp/1785782029/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544708566&sr=1-3&keywords=ehsan+masood p: 169