James Grier Miller Quote

In such fundamental considerations it would be surprising if many new concepts appear, for countless good minds have worked long on these matters over many years. Indeed, new original ideas should at first be suspect, though if they withstand examination they should be welcomed. My intent is not to create a new school or art form but to discern the pattern of a mosaic which lies hidden in the cluttered, colored marble chips of today's empirical facts.


p. 126-127 - Living Systems: Basic Concepts (1969)


In such fundamental considerations it would be surprising if many new concepts appear, for countless good minds have worked long on these matters...

In such fundamental considerations it would be surprising if many new concepts appear, for countless good minds have worked long on these matters...

In such fundamental considerations it would be surprising if many new concepts appear, for countless good minds have worked long on these matters...

In such fundamental considerations it would be surprising if many new concepts appear, for countless good minds have worked long on these matters...