The chemist strives to explain the inanimate world by reference to mechanistic laws. The historian strives to understand the world of human culture by reference to a fabric of plans and purposes... Nowhere is this encounter in sharper focus than in the problem of the origin of life.


The Origin of Life and Its Methodological Challenge, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 187, 1997

Günter Wächtershäuser Quotes

The chemist strives to explain the inanimate world by reference to mechanistic laws. The historian strives to understand the world of human culture...

The chemist strives to explain the inanimate world by reference to mechanistic laws. The historian strives to understand the world of human culture...

The chemist strives to explain the inanimate world by reference to mechanistic laws. The historian strives to understand the world of human culture...

The chemist strives to explain the inanimate world by reference to mechanistic laws. The historian strives to understand the world of human culture...