“No doubt the testimony of natural reason, on whatever exercised, must, of necessity, stop short of those truths which it is the object of revelation to make known; still it places the existence and personal attributes of the Deity on such grounds as to render doubts absurd and atheism ridiculous.” StillsReasonNaturalExistenceKnownDoubtAtheismObjectsRidiculousAbsurdNo DoubtRevelationsAttributesTestimonyDeities Author:John Herschel
“Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.” NextObjectsTreatsAstronomyScalesMagnitudeGeologySublimity Book:Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy Source: Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy
“To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.” MayNatureNaturalObjectsLessonsPhilosopherUnimportantTrifling Book:The Origins of Modern Philosophy of Science, 1830-1914: Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy Source: The Origins of Modern Philosophy of Science, 1830-1914: Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy
“First, In showing in how to avoid attempting impossibilities. Second, In securing us from important mistakes in attempting what is, in itself possible, by means either inadequate or actually opposed to the end in view. Thirdly, In enabling us to accomplish our ends in the easiest, shortest, most economical, and most effectual manner. Fourth, In inducing us to attempt, and enabling us to accomplish, object which, but for such knowledge, we should never have thought of understanding. On the ways that a knowledge of the order of nature can be of use.” KnowsWayShouldFirstsMeanImportantEndsUseScienceOrderUnderstandingViewsMistakeKnowledgeObjectsAccomplishFourthImpossibilityAttemptingInadequateEnabling Author:John Herschel
“Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design.” MenWorldEyeOrderDesignObjectsContemplatingPassiveIndifferent Author:John Herschel
