John Arthur Thomson Quote

Warned by such errors as that of Comte, who declared that Man could never know anything as to the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies, we have learned to be cautious in not putting in "full stops".


The System of Animate Nature (Volume 1), Lecture I (p. 15)


Warned by such errors as that of Comte, who declared that Man could never know anything as to the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies, we...

Warned by such errors as that of Comte, who declared that Man could never know anything as to the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies, we...

Warned by such errors as that of Comte, who declared that Man could never know anything as to the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies, we...

Warned by such errors as that of Comte, who declared that Man could never know anything as to the chemical composition of the heavenly bodies, we...