Ernst Mach Quote

The question, "Why?" which is always appropriate where the explanation of a contradiction is concerned, like all proper habitudes of thought, can overreach itself and be asked where nothing remains to be understood.


Translated by Thomas J. McCormack, Popular Scientific Lectures (2nd edition), On the Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry (p. 199)


The question, Why? which is always appropriate where the explanation of a contradiction is concerned, like all proper habitudes of thought, can...

The question, Why? which is always appropriate where the explanation of a contradiction is concerned, like all proper habitudes of thought, can...

The question, Why? which is always appropriate where the explanation of a contradiction is concerned, like all proper habitudes of thought, can...

The question, Why? which is always appropriate where the explanation of a contradiction is concerned, like all proper habitudes of thought, can...