Logo
Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature

Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry. – John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy, 1920

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Science
category

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors. – Stephen Jay Gould

Category:
Science

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued. – Bill Dana

Category:
Science

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us. – Serge Lang

Category:
Science

The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong. – George Meredith

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Category:
Faith

Each age, it is found, must write its own books or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Age

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. – Mary Douglas

Category:
Religion

But you can travel on for ten thousand miles, and still stay where you are. – Harry Chapin

Category:
Travel