Bertrand Russell Life, Philosophy, Nature
A contradiction of the most essential nature of a sentient being, which is to move to pleasure and from pain. Alexander Bain
A contradiction of the most essential nature of a sentient being, which is to move to pleasure and from pain.
The resulting formulas sufficed for all motions of a slow nature; it was found, however, that they would not conform to the rapid motions apparent in electrodynamics. Hendrik Lorentz
The resulting formulas sufficed for all motions of a slow nature; it was found, however, that they would not conform to the rapid motions apparent in electrodynamics.
Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols. John Calvin
Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.
This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad. Alexander von Humboldt
This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad.
But this was not the only purpose for which Nature provided it; here, as elsewhere, she displayed great skill in turning the construction of a single member to a variety of different uses. Andreas Vesalius
But this was not the only purpose for which Nature provided it; here, as elsewhere, she displayed great skill in turning the construction of a single member to a variety of different uses.
“Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.” Hippocrates
“Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.”
The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past. Alexander von Humboldt
The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces. George Santayana
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature. Tom Hanks
My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.
Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact... John Burroughs
Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact...
I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things. Dorothy Hodgkin
I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things.
Nature is written in mathematical language. Galileo Galilei
Nature is written in mathematical language.