Alessandro Volta Quote

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.


As quoted in: The Ambiguous Frog: The Galvani-Volta Controversy on Animal Electricity (1992), Marcello Pera


The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.