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“Objectification is above all exteriorization, the alienation of spirit from itself.”

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Russian philosopher born on March 18, 1874, and died on March 23, 1948. Nikolai Berdyaev is known for his contributions to religious philosophy, existentialism, and liberalism. more

“There is no objective reality. But there is only an illusion of consciousness, there is only an objectivication of reality, which was created by the spirit. The origin of life is creativity, freedom; and the personality, subject, and spirit are the representatives of that origin, but not the nature, not the object.”

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Author:Nikolai Berdyaev

“I do not think discursively. It is not so much that I arrive at truth as that I take my start from it.”

Thinking

Author:Nikolai Berdyaev

“So far as we know, all the fundamental laws of physics, like Newton's equations, are reversible.”

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Book:The Feynman Lectures on Physics, vol. 1 for tablets

Source: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, vol. 1 for tablets

“It is impossible, by the way, when picking one example of anything, to avoid picking one which is atypical in some sense.”

Way Impossible Example

Author:Richard P. Feynman

“The scale of light can be described by numbers called the frequency and as the numbers get higher, the light goes from red to blue to ultraviolet. We can't see ultraviolet light, but it can affect photographic plates. It's still light only the number is different.”

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Book:QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

Source: QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

“Since then I never pay attention to anything by "experts". I calculate everything myself.”

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Book:The Quotable Feynman

Source: The Quotable Feynman

“I don't like honors. ... I've already got the prize: the prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it. Those are the real things.”

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Book:The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Source: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

“When a photon comes down, it interacts with electrons throughout the glass, not just on the surface. The photon and electrons do some kind of dance, the net result of which is the same as if the photon hit only on the surface.”

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Book:QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

Source: QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

“What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field.”

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Author:Galileo Galilei

“Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh heavier than lead, and with their wings exceedingly small. He did not, and that ought to show something. It is only in order to shield your ignorance that you put the Lord at every turn to the refuge of a miracle.”

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Author:Galileo Galilei

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