Since the primary object of the scientific theory is to express the harmonies which are found to exist in nature, we see at once that these theories must have an aesthetic value. The measure of the success of a scientific theory is, in fact, a measure of its aesthetic value, since it is a measure of the extent to which it has introduced harmony in what was before chaos.


The Athenaeum (1919), p. 275

J. W. N. Sullivan Quotes

Since the primary object of the scientific theory is to express the harmonies which are found to exist in nature, we see at once that these theories...

Since the primary object of the scientific theory is to express the harmonies which are found to exist in nature, we see at once that these theories...

Since the primary object of the scientific theory is to express the harmonies which are found to exist in nature, we see at once that these theories...

Since the primary object of the scientific theory is to express the harmonies which are found to exist in nature, we see at once that these theories...