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Just as all scientific investigation is fruitless which is not pursued in a spirit of truth, so the results of all scientific endeavor are wasted if the continuity of tradition cannot be assured. It is of the very essence of science to be a co-operation and that not only of the men of the same generation, but of the generations successively.

Benjamin Farrington

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Benjamin Farrington

Benjamin Farrington

Born: 1891
Died: 1974 (aged 83)
Bio: Benjamin Farrington was an Irish scholar and professor of Classics, teaching in Ireland, South Africa, and Great Britain. Although his academic career spanned several disciplines, he is most well known for his contributions to the history of Greek science.
Known for:
  1. Greek science, its meaning for us (1944)
  2. Science and politics in the ancient world (1939)
  3. What Darwin really said (1966)
  4. Head and hand in ancient Greece (1947)

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