“The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.” ReasonShowsCertainPrinciplesProgressInfluenceAssumingDiscussionConceptionSubmitDogmaExaminationHistory Of Science Author:Louis de Broglie
“Dynamic ecstasy is absolute romanticism , absolute heroism . And here I return to my point. From my point of view, after the catastrophe which we feel and think is universal, a catastrophe resulting from an excess of useless dynamism of useless progress, of useless realism, of useless technology, after this an unattainable democracy is to be reached through the conception and realization of a new romanticism.” ThinkingFeelsViewsTechnologyDemocracyProgressReturnUniversalAbsolutesPoint Of ViewRealizationUselessConceptionEcstasyExcessHeroismRealismCatastropheRomanticismUnattainableDynamism Author:Juan Ramon Jimenez
“It must be a very dour and pessimistic astronomer indeed who seriously doubts that there must be countless numbers of intelligent civilizations scattered throughout the universe on other planets which are orbiting around other stars. An attitude which asserts that man is the only intelligent life form in the universe is intolerably arrogant today ... anyone who holds such an opinion today is, fortunately for those who like to see some progress in human conceptions, something of an intellectual freak equivalent to a believer in the Flat Earth Theory.” MenHumansTodayEarthFormUniverseStarsNumbersAttitudeOpinionDoubtProgressPlanetsTheoryCivilizationIntellectualIntelligentBelieverFlatsConceptionFreakArrogantPessimisticAstronomersIntelligent Life Author:Robert K. G. Temple
“The new knowledge has not yet settled in culture. It has not yet been integrated in a new cosmic conception.” ScienceCultureProgressConceptionCosmicIntegratedNew Knowledge Author:Johan Huizinga
“No matter how consummate a work of art may seem, it is only an approximation of the original conception. It is the artist's consciousness of this discrepancy between his conception and the realization that assures his progress.” MayArtMatterSeemsArtistConsciousnessProgressOriginalsRealizationWorks Of ArtConceptionApproximationDiscrepanciesDiscrepancies Between Author:Edgard Varese
“The preparation for conception to me is one of the most important things, if we are we interested in the general progress of our species.” IfsImportantProgressImportant ThingsSpeciesPreparationConception Author:Laura Huxley