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The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.
Ernst Mach
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"The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind."
— Ernst Mach

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The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind. — Ernst Mach

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Ernst Mach was a Physicist from Kingdom of Bohemia (1838–1916).

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This quote is attributed to Ernst Mach, a Physicist from Kingdom of Bohemia.
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Ernst Mach lived from 1838 – 1916.