Quote by Clifford Geertz
The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about. – Clifford Geertz

Other quotes by Clifford Geertz

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. Theres been an extraordinary advance. – Clifford Geertz

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Science
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I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. – Clifford Geertz

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Im writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and its about social constructionism. So I would say Im a social constructionist, whatever that means. – Clifford Geertz

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Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life. – Leni Riefenstahl

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The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds – but we still have the power to change our own. – Ally Condie

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Beauty

I grew up in a family where we werent allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance. – Pam Grier

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Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. – Michelangelo

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The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on. – Robert Bloch

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. – Peter Ustinov

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