Peter K. Levy
Quote of the Day for 2016-08-16
"Theories of what is true have their day. They come and go, leave their deposit in the common stock of knowledge, and are supplanted by other more convincing theories."
— Felix Adler (1851-1933) The Religion of Duty, chapter 10 (1905)
Image: [Hypotheses come and go, theories tend to hang around] Alchemical illustration from Opus Medico-Chymicum, in the "Basilica Philosophica" section, by Johann Daniel Mylius (1618)
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-08-16
Quote of the Day for 2016-08-16
"Theories of what is true have their day. They come and go, leave their deposit in the common stock of knowledge, and are supplanted by other more convincing theories."
— Felix Adler (1851-1933) The Religion of Duty, chapter 10 (1905)
Image: [Hypotheses come and go, theories tend to hang around] Alchemical illustration from Opus Medico-Chymicum, in the "Basilica Philosophica" section, by Johann Daniel Mylius (1618)
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-08-16