Quote of Johannes Kepler - So long as the mother, Ignorance...
Biography - Johannes Kepler:
German mathematician and astronomer.
Born: 1571 - Died: 1630
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1571 - Died: 1630
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: Germany
So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring, to divulge the hidden causes of things.
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Quotes about science:
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
Quotes about ignorance:
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.
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