“Science itself, no matter whether it is the search for truth or merely the need to gain control over the external world, to alleviate suffering, or to prolong life, is ultimately a matter of feeling, or rather, of desire-the desire to know or the desire to realize.” TruthScienceDesireSufferingControlFeelingSearch For TruthAlleviate SufferingProlong Life Book:Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique Source: Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique
“Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [the scientist] must nevertheless remain sincere and modest, if only because his studies constantly bring home to him that, compared with the gigantic aims of science, his own contribution, no matter how important, is only a drop in the ocean of truth.” TruthSciencePrideScientistAimVulnerabilityArroganceContributionSincerityModestyTemptations Book:Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique Source: Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique
“Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth... They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.” MayTwoFactsTruthTurnsConflictAspectDirectConceptionEntering Author:Louis de Broglie
