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“Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved. But among ends that can be achieved our choice must be decided by other than purely scientific considerations. If a man were to say, "I hate the human race, and I think it would be a good thing if it were exterminated," we could say, "Well, my dear sir, let us begin the process with you." But this is hardly argument, and no amount of science could prove such a man mistaken.”

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, mathematician, and logician born on May 18, 1872, and died on February 2, 1970. He is known for his contributions to logic and mathematics, particularly in the fields of mathematical logic and philosophical analysis. His works spanned a wide range of subjects, including ethics, political philosophy, history, and literary criticism. more

“Since Copernicus, man seems to have got himself on an inclined plane-now he is slipping faster and faster away from the center into-what? into nothingness? into a 'penetrating sense of his nothingness?' ... all science, natural as well as unnatural-which is what I call the self-critique of knowledge-has at present the object of dissuading man from his former respect for himself, as if this had been but a piece of bizarre conceit.”

Ifs Men Wells Self Seems Science Natural Pieces Objects Accounts Former Faster Planes Nothingness Bizarre Conceit Unnatural Critique Slipping Copernicus

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“So far from science being irreligious, as many think, it is the neglect of science that is irreligious-it is the refusal to study the surrounding creation that is irreligious.”

Thinking Science Study Creation Accounts Neglect Refusal

Book:Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical

Source: Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical

“Sociology should... be thought of as a science of action-of the ultimate common value element in its relations to the other elements of action.”

Should Action Science Values Common Elements Ultimate Accounts Relation Sociology

Book:Structure of Social Action

Source: Structure of Social Action

“That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.”

Long Has Beens Science Opinion Mines Higher Authority England Neglected

Book:Reflections on the Decline of Science in England: And on Some of Its Causes, by Charles Babbage (1830). To which is Added On the Alleged Decline of Science in England, by a Foreigner (Gerard Moll) with a Foreword by Michael Faraday (1831).

Source: Reflections on the Decline of Science in England: And on Some of Its Causes, by Charles Babbage (1830). To which is Added On the Alleged Decline of Science in England, by a Foreigner (Gerard Moll) with a Foreword by Michael Faraday (1831).

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Mind May Would Be Science Left Cost Accounts Useless Armour

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“The aim of science is, on the one hand, as complete a comprehension as possible of the connection between perceptible experiences in their totality, and, on the other hand, the achievement of this aim by employing a minimum of primary concepts and relations.”

Hands Science Achievement Concepts Connections Accounts Relation Aim Primaries Minimum Comprehension Totality Employing

Author:Albert Einstein

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Made Science Names Steps Progress Accounts Application Geometry Algebra Exact Sciences Single Step

Book:An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy and of the Principal Philosophical Questions Discussed in His Writings

Source: An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy and of the Principal Philosophical Questions Discussed in His Writings

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