F. C. S. Schiller Quotes

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One curious result of this inertia, which deserves to rank among the fundamental 'laws' of nature, is that when a discovery has finally won tardy recognition it is usually found to have been anticipated, often with cogent reasons and in great detail.

F. C. S. Schiller
It will not be possible to rule out the supposition that the process of evolution may be guided by an intelligent design.

F. C. S. Schiller
Science: To one, she is the exalted and heavenly Goddess; to another she is a capable cow which keeps him supplied with butter.

F. C. S. Schiller
It is not too much to say that the more deference men of science have paid to Logic, the worse it has been for the scientific value of their reasoning... Fortunately for the world, however, the great men of science have usually been kept in salutary ignorance of the logical tradition.

F. C. S. Schiller
It is better to be satisfied with probabilities than to demand impossibilities and starve.

F. C. S. Schiller
A further bar to fruitful discussion in philosophy is the curious etiquette which apparently taboos the asking of questions about a philosopher's meaning while he is alive.

F. C. S. Schiller
It is the business of theories to forecast "facts", and of facts to form points of departure for theories, which again, when verified by the new facts to which they have successfully led, will extend the borders of knowledge.

F. C. S. Schiller