Ernst Mach Quote

When the human mind, with its limited powers, attempts to mirror in itself the rich life of the world, of which it is itself only a small part, and which it can never hope to exhaust, it has every reason for proceeding economically.


Popular Scientific Lectures, The Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry (p. 186)


When the human mind, with its limited powers, attempts to mirror in itself the rich life of the world, of which it is itself only a small part, and...

When the human mind, with its limited powers, attempts to mirror in itself the rich life of the world, of which it is itself only a small part, and...

When the human mind, with its limited powers, attempts to mirror in itself the rich life of the world, of which it is itself only a small part, and...

When the human mind, with its limited powers, attempts to mirror in itself the rich life of the world, of which it is itself only a small part, and...