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Robert Boyle, born on January 25, 1627, in Ireland and died on December 31, 1691 in England, was a renowned philosopher and scientist of the 17th century, considered one of the founders of modern chemistry. He advocated empiricism in philosophy and made significant contributions to the fields of chemistry, physics, and more.

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Famous Robert Boyle Quotes

“I look upon a good physician, not so properly as a servant to nature, as one, that is a counsellor and friendly assistant, who, in his patient's body, furthers those motions and other things, that he judges conducive to the welfare and recovery of it; but as to those, that he perceives likely to be hurtful, either by increasing the disease, or otherwise endangering the patient, he thinks it is his part to oppose or hinder, though nature do manifestly enough seem to endeavour the exercising or carrying on those hurtful motions.”

Source: Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature

“I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events to their Disposer.”

Thinking May Events Duty Obliged Apprehension

Book:Treatises on the High Veneration Man's Intellect Owes to God...

Source: Treatises on the High Veneration Man's Intellect Owes to God...

“I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.”

Thinking Men World Should Book Letters Ambitious Scarce

Book:The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine. The Whole Illustrated with Notes, Containing the Improvements Made in the Several Parts of Natural and Experimental Knowledge Since His Time. In Three Volumes. By Peter Shaw, M.D.

Source: The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine. The Whole Illustrated with Notes, Containing the Improvements Made in the Several Parts of Natural and Experimental Knowledge Since His Time. In Three Volumes. By Peter Shaw, M.D.

“The generality of men are so accustomed to judge of things by their senses that, because the air is indivisible, they ascribe but little to it, and think it but one remove from nothing.”

Thinking Men Littles Science Air Judging Senses Remove Accustomed Indivisible Generalities

Author:Robert Boyle