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Physicist and philosopher from Austria, born on February 18, 1838, and died on February 19, 1916.

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“I know of nothing more terrible than the poor creatures who have learned too much. Instead of the sound powerful judgement which would probably have grown up if they had learned nothing, their thoughts creep timidly and hypnotically after words, principles and formulae, constantly by the same paths. What they have acquired is a spider's web of thoughts too weak to furnish sure supports, but complicated enough to provide confusion.”

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Book:Popular Scientific Lectures

Source: Popular Scientific Lectures

“The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses.”

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Book:The analysis of sensations

Source: The analysis of sensations

“To us investigators, the concept 'soul' is irrelevant and a matter for laughter. But matter is an abstraction of exactly the same kind, just as good and just as bad as it is. We know as much about the soul as we do of matter.”

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Book:History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy

Source: History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy

“Personally, people know themselves very poorly.”

Book:Contributions to the Analysis of the Sensations

Source: Contributions to the Analysis of the Sensations

About the Author

Born: February 18, 1838
Died: February 19, 1916
Known for: Physicist
Quotes: 44

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The Analysis of Sensations: And the Relation of the Physical to the PsychicalRelated source material

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The Science of MechanicsRelated source material

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History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of EnergyRelated source material

Knowledge and Error: Sketches on the Psychology of EnquiryRelated source material

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The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Exposition of Its PrinciplesRelated source material

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