“Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don't you agree?” MenWayTryingMeanEvilGoalNaturalVirtueAchieveAgreeSeekingVarietyGood ManUnnaturalEvil Man Book:The Consolation of Philosophy Source: The Consolation of Philosophy
“Almost everyone... seems to be quite sure that the differences between the methodologies of history and of the natural sciences are vast. For, we are assured, it is well known that in the natural sciences we start from observation and proceed by induction to theory. And is it not obvious that in history we proceed very differently? Yes, I agree that we proceed very differently. But we do so in the natural sciences as well.” WellsSeemsScienceNaturalDifferencesKnownTheoryEvidenceAgreeObviousObservationWell KnownAssuredMethodologyNatural Science Book:The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality Source: The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality