Home
logo
English German French
language
Gaston Bachelard

Quote of Gaston Bachelard - Nothing proceeds from itself. Nothing is...


Biography - Gaston Bachelard:

French philosopher.
Born: 1884 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Nothing proceeds from itself. Nothing is given. All is constructed.


Note 

Note




Quote source: La Formation de l'esprit scientifique

Internet Archive - La Formation De L’esprit Scientifique - Bachelard (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Rien ne va de soi. Rien n’est donné. Tout est construit.

German
Nichts geht von selbst aus. Es wird nichts geschenkt. Alles ist konstruiert.




See also 

See also...






Quotes

Gaston Bachelard also said...


To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.





The dream is stronger than experience.





If only these metaphysicians would give their attention to the lengthy discursive processes which lead science to build new intuitions.





The imagination is nothing other than the subject transported into things.





To imagine is to raise the real by a tone.












info   A quotation is a statement taken out of its context. Therefore, it is necessary to place any quotation within its author's work and its historical, geographical or philosophical context in order to fully understand its meaning. | The quotations stated on this site express their authors' opinion and do not reflect that of Buboquote.com


info   Image attribution:  title, author, license and source of the original file on Wikipedia. Modifications: changes have been made from the original file (cropping, resizing, renaming and color change).



logo

 Subscribe to the quote of the day email

Subscribe to the Quote of the Day to receive a quote every day in your inbox. It is spam-free and you can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to the quote of the day email