Humphry Davy Quote

Knowledge can only be acquired by the senses: nature has no archetype in the human imagination; her empire is given only to industry and action, guided and governed by experience.


In: John Davy (ed.), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy (Volume 1)


Knowledge can only be acquired by the senses: nature has no archetype in the human imagination; her empire is given only to industry and action,...

Knowledge can only be acquired by the senses: nature has no archetype in the human imagination; her empire is given only to industry and action,...

Knowledge can only be acquired by the senses: nature has no archetype in the human imagination; her empire is given only to industry and action,...

Knowledge can only be acquired by the senses: nature has no archetype in the human imagination; her empire is given only to industry and action,...