Henry Thomas Buckle Quote

The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are predicted by science.


Essays...: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author... (ed. 1863)


The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are...

The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are...

The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are...

The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are...