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“Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.”

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Marcus Tullius Cicero was a prominent philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, and writer during the late Roman Republic. The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown, but he was active in the 1st century BC. Known for his profound thoughts and exceptional literary style, Cicero has had a lasting impact on Western culture. more

“Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes diseased at the core. Not only science, but man. The will to truth, pure and unadulterated, is among the essential conditions of his existence; if the standard is compromised he easily becomes a kind of tragic caricature of himself.”

Ifs Men Kind Science Fall Existence Conditions Pure Essentials Standards Accounts Core Tragic Rooted Caricatures Diseased

Book:On Perceived Motion and Figural Organization

Source: On Perceived Motion and Figural Organization

“Scientific discovery consists in the interpretation for our own convenience of a system of existence which has been made with no eye to our convenience at all.”

Has Beens Made Eye Science Existence Discovery Interpretation Convenience Scientific Discovery

Author:Norbert Wiener

“Society exists through a process of transmission quite as much as biological life. This transmission occurs by means of communication of habits of doing, thinking, and feeling from the older to the younger.”

Thinking Mean Feelings Science Process Existence Education Communication Habit Transmission Means Of Communication

Book:Democracy And Education

Source: Democracy And Education

“The artificial products do not have any molecular dissymmetry; and I could not indicate the existence of a more profound separation between the products born under the influence of life and all the others.”

Life Science Born Existence Influence Products Profound Separation Artificial

Author:Louis Pasteur

“The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that we are over in the presence of an Infinite, Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.”

Firsts Science Universe Energy Causes Existence Mystery Eternal All Things Absolutes Infinite Mysterious Certainty Absolute Certainty

Author:Herbert Spencer

“The validity of all the Inductive Methods depends on the assumption that every event, or the beginning of every phenomenon, must have some cause; some antecedent, upon the existence of which it is invariably and unconditionally consequent.”

Science Causes Existence Events Depends Method Assumption Phenomenon Validity

Book:A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation

Source: A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation

“The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. We develop trust across the miles and distrust around the corner.”

“The world is a construct of our sensations, perceptions, memories. It is convenient to regard it as existing objectively on its own. But it certainly does not become manifest by its mere existence.”

World Doe Science Memories Existence Perception Regard Mere Sensations Manifest Constructs Convenient

Book:What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

Source: What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

“Think binary. When matter meets antimatter, both vanish, into pure energy. But both existed; I mean, there was a condition we'll call "existence." Think of one and minus one. Together they add up to zero, nothing, nada, niente, right? Picture them together, then picture them separating-peeling apart. ... Now you have something, you have two somethings, where once you had nothing.”

Thinking Mean Two Matter Together Science Energy Existence Conditions Pure Add Separation Zero Separating Minus Binary Peeling Antimatter

Author:John Updike

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.”

People Law Safe Highest Safety Practicing Law

Book:The Republic and The Laws

Source: The Republic and The Laws

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