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William Whewell was a polymath from England, born on May 24, 1794, and died on March 6, 1866. He made significant contributions to the fields of scientific philosophy, the history of science, logic, mathematics, and astronomy.

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Famous William Whewell Quotes

“Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. Not only so; but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of Error is without some latent charm derived from Truth.”

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Book:Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England

Source: Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England

“The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by which these possessions were acquired, and the documents by which they are secured to us and our heirs for ever.”

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Book:History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time

Source: History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time

“Every failure is a step to success.”

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Book:Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England

Source: Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England

“Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error.”

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Book:Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England

Source: Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England