Quote of Isaac Asimov - The saddest aspect of life right...
Biography - Isaac Asimov:
Russian-American writer .
Born: 1920 - Died: 1992
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Russian Federation
Born: 1920 - Died: 1992
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Russian Federation
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Translation
(French, German, Italian)
L'aspetto più triste della vita in questo momento è che la scienza raccoglie la conoscenza più velocemente di quanto la società raccolga la saggezza.
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Quotes about life:
Quotes for: to know
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Quotes about wisdom:
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Quotes about science:
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.
Quotes for: knowledge
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
Quotes for: society
Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.
Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
Article V – The law has the right to forbid only actions harmful to society. Anything which is not forbidden by the law cannot be impeded, and no one can be constrained to do what it does not order.
Article XV – The society has the right of requesting account from any public agent of its administration.
Article XVI – Any society in which the guarantee of rights is not assured, nor the separation of powers determined, has no Constitution.
when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
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