Bertrand Russell Quote

Physics and perception are like two people on opposite sides of a brook which slowly widens as they walk; at first it is easy to jump across, but imperceptibly it grows more difficult, and at last a vast labor is required to get from one side to the other.


Analysis of Matter, Chapter XIV (p. 137), Dover Publications, Inc., New York, New York, USA, 1954


Physics and perception are like two people on opposite sides of a brook which slowly widens as they walk; at first it is easy to jump across, but...

Physics and perception are like two people on opposite sides of a brook which slowly widens as they walk; at first it is easy to jump across, but...

Physics and perception are like two people on opposite sides of a brook which slowly widens as they walk; at first it is easy to jump across, but...

Physics and perception are like two people on opposite sides of a brook which slowly widens as they walk; at first it is easy to jump across, but...