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“The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence, and then perishes.”

Moments Science Existence Knowledge Sake Pursued Geometry

Book:The Republic of Plato, Translated Into English, with an Introduction, Analysis, and Notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan

Source: The Republic of Plato, Translated Into English, with an Introduction, Analysis, and Notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan

“They assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their love to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which are on every tongue- 'know thyselP and 'Nothing overmuch.'”

Knows Firsts Together Science Knowledge Fruit Tongue Temples Dedicated Dedication Maxims Apollo

Author:Plato

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”

Source: Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution

“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”

Source: Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution

“If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.”

Ifs Problem Science Education Knowledge Easier Logic Mathematics Solve Math Math Problems Mathematical Problems

Author:George Polya

“I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.”

Men Feels Sometimes Science Turns Felt Knowledge Findings Areas Experience Riches Certainty Renaissance Unexplored Absolute Certainty Knowledge And Experience Renaissance Man

Author:Polykarp Kusch

“It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.”

Science Literature Knowledge Ignorance Evolution Claims Mathematics Acceptable Boast Remarks Cliche Incompetence Incompetent

Author:Richard Dawkins

“In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.”

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Author:Charles Kettering