In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives its collective interest from the vivid truthfulness with which the individual features are portrayed.


Translated by E.C. Otte, Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (Volume 1), Introduction (p. 34)

Alexander von Humboldt Quotes

In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives...

In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives...

In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives...

In the sphere of natural investigation, as in poetry and painting, the delineation of that which appeals most strongly to the imagination, derives...