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    The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
    empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
    hypotheses or axioms.

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But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles read more

But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.

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To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature
belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute read more

To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature
belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute the
links of an endless chain, from which not one can be detached
without destroying the harmony of the whole.

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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?

Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?

by Edward N. Lorenz Found in: Science Quotes,
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The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

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Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Science Quotes,
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

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Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science)
[Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]

Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science)
[Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]

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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to read more

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.

by Bertolt Brecht Found in: Science Quotes,
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