Adolphe Quetelet Quote

It may be seen, in my work, that the course which I have adopted is that followed by the natural philosopher, in order to grasp the laws that regulate the material world. By the seizure of facts, I seek to rise to an appreciation of the causes whence they spring.


Preface of M. Quetelet - A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties (1842)


It may be seen, in my work, that the course which I have adopted is that followed by the natural philosopher, in order to grasp the laws that...

It may be seen, in my work, that the course which I have adopted is that followed by the natural philosopher, in order to grasp the laws that...

It may be seen, in my work, that the course which I have adopted is that followed by the natural philosopher, in order to grasp the laws that...

It may be seen, in my work, that the course which I have adopted is that followed by the natural philosopher, in order to grasp the laws that...