The students of physical science are but too prone to take each phenomenon for granted, and at once to jump to a conclusion. Hence then - knowledge is unsatisfactory and chiefly hypothetical.


Translated by Otto Wenckstern, Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

The students of physical science are but too prone to take each phenomenon for granted, and at once to jump to a conclusion. Hence then - knowledge...

The students of physical science are but too prone to take each phenomenon for granted, and at once to jump to a conclusion. Hence then - knowledge...

The students of physical science are but too prone to take each phenomenon for granted, and at once to jump to a conclusion. Hence then - knowledge...

The students of physical science are but too prone to take each phenomenon for granted, and at once to jump to a conclusion. Hence then - knowledge...