Quotes about "Science & Discovery"

History, at its best, always tells us as much indirectly about ourselves as it does directly about our predecessors, and it is often most revealing when it deals with episodes and phenomena that we find repulsive. ”

Within this widest concept of object, and specifically within the concept of individual object, Objects and phenomena stand in contrast with each other. ”

Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all. ”

It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness through the mediation of phenomena different from the liking itself; to like is intrinsically to be conscious. ”

In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely! ”

Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur. ”

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. ”

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ”

Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. ”

Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let's all go exploring. ”