“That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concert us. It is genuine nevertheless. Physical science stands as one of the great achievements of the human spirit.” KnowsNeedsHumansScienceSpiritUniverseKnowledgeAchievementCornersGenuineConcertsNeverthelessHuman SpiritIncompleteGreat AchievementPhysical Science Author:Arthur David Ritchie
“The material universe must consist ... of bodies ... such that each of them exercises its own separate, independent, and invariable effect, a change of the total state being compounded of a number of separate changes each of which is solely due to a separate portion of the preceding state.” StatesBodyScienceUniverseNumbersEffectsMaterialsExerciseIndependentDuesAtomsPortions Author:Arthur David Ritchie