“The acquisition of the most elementary truth does not devolve upon the individual alone: it is pre-effected in the development of the race.” DoeIndividualRaceDevelopmentAcquisition Book:The Science of Mechanics Source: The Science of Mechanics
“Not bodies produce sensations, but element-complexes (sensation-complexes) constitute the bodies. When the physicist considers the bodies as the permanent reality, the 'elements' as the transient appearance, he does not realise that all 'bodies' are only mental symbols for element-complexes (sensation-complexes).” DoeBodyRealityProduceElementsComplexesAppearanceSymbolsPermanentSensationsRealisingPhysicistTransient Author:Ernst Mach
“In reality, the law always contains less than the fact itself, because it does not reproduce the fact as a whole but only in that aspect of it which is important for us, the rest being intentionally or from necessity omitted.” DoeImportantWholeFactsRealityLawAspect Book:Popular Scientific Lectures Source: Popular Scientific Lectures