“Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not that which we can ideally contemplate without error, but that which we may act upon without fear; and you cannot fail to see that scientific thought is not an accompaniment or condition of human progress, but human progress itself.”
This volume compiles a selection of lectures and essays, offering insights into a range of academic and intellectual topics. more
William Kingdon Clifford was a British mathematician and philosopher, born on May 4, 1845, and died on March 3, 1879. He made significant contributions to the fields of geometry and algebra in mathematics. more
“Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.”
“The only truths which are universal are those gross enough to be thought so.”