Federigo Enriques Quote

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know and to grasp reality in the midst of a thousand causes of error which tend to vitiate our observation.


Translated by Katharine Head Royce, Problems of Science, Chapter I (p. 10)


Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...