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Quote by Gaston Bachelard

“Of course, any simplification runs the risk of mutilating reality; but it helps us establish perspectives.”

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French philosopher known for his work in epistemology, poetics, and the philosophy of science. His writings have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy, particularly in understanding human cognition and the scientific method. more

“At one time, the earth was supposed to be flat. Well, so it is, even today, from Paris to Asnieres. But that fact doesn't prevent science from proving that the earth as a whole is spherical. No one nowadays denies it. Well...we are still at the stage of believing that life itself is flat, the distance from birth to death. Yet the probability is that life, too, is spherical and much more extensive and capacious than the hemisphere we know.”

Knows Believe Wells Stills Whole Facts Today Earth Stage Perspective Birth Prove Distance Deny Supposed To Be Paris Flats One Time Probability Hemisphere

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!”

Humans May Beautiful Human Beings Perspective Horror Distance Beautiful Things Inventor Damp Huts Picturesque Languish Remoteness Perspective On Things

Book:Daniel Deronda

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“The realisation that our small planet is only one of many worlds gives mankind the perspective it needs to realise sooner that our own world belongs to all its creatures.”

World Needs Giving Mankind Planets Perspective Creatures Equality Realising Realisation

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“You change the past when you change the way you see it.”

Way Past Perspective

Author:Alan Cohen

“There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies.”

Perspective Baby Designer Hype

Author:Leon Kass

“I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.”

Seems Winning Given Bits Happened Perspective Nominations

Author:Greg Egan

“You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel.”

Ifs Knows Hell Like You Perspective Angel Vote Hells Angels

Author:Chuck Zito

“What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has no prospect of any help whatsoever from any other class?”

Mean Doe Facts Helping Class Perspective Europe Regard Western Tactics All Alone Proletariat Western Europe

Author:Herman Gorter

“Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast.”

Years Perspective Exercise Breasts Working It Disappointed New Year Formal Chill

Author:John Crowe Ransom

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