Francis Bacon Quote

The divisions of the sciences are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.


In: J.A. Thomson, Introduction to Science, Chapter IV (p. 92), Williams & Norgate Ltd. 1916


The divisions of the sciences are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.

The divisions of the sciences are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.

The divisions of the sciences are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.

The divisions of the sciences are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one trunk.