“I know that the history of man is not his technical triumphs, his kills, his victories. It is a composite, a mosaic of a trillion pieces, the account of each man's accommodation with his conscience. This is the true history of the race.” KnowsMenRacePiecesVictoryConscienceAccountsTriumphAccommodationsMosaicsComposites Book:The Last Castle Source: The Last Castle
“There is no coherent knowledge , i.e. no uniform comprehensive account of the world and the events in it. There is no comprehensive truth that goes beyond an enumeration of details, but there are many pieces of information , obtained in different ways from different sources and collected for the benefit of the curious. The best way of presenting such knowledge is the list - and the oldest scientific works were indeed lists of facts, parts, coincidences, problems in several specialized domains.” WorldWayDifferentFactsProblemPiecesEventsInformationSourceBenefitsAccountsDetailsListsBest WayCuriousDifferent WaysUniformsCoincidenceDomainComprehensivePresenting Book:Farewell to Reason Source: Farewell to Reason
“Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered by a piece of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marle?” PiecesWifeAccountsDustGrievingValiantBenedick Author:William Shakespeare
“Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.” IfsMenFirstsScienceCommonPiecesAccountsPatientRateCommon SensePlentyFurnitureChamberQuip Book:THE Source: THE