John Dewey Quote

The rise of new science in the seventeenth century laid hold upon general culture in the next century. The enlightenment... testified to the widespread belief that at last light had dawned, that dissipation of ignorance, superstition, and bigotry was at hand, and the triumph of reason was assured — for reason was counterpart in man of the laws of nature which science was disclosing. The reign of law in the natural world was to be followed by the reign of law in human affairs.

Time and Individuality (1940)

The rise of new science in the seventeenth century laid hold upon general culture in the next century. The enlightenment... testified to the...

The rise of new science in the seventeenth century laid hold upon general culture in the next century. The enlightenment... testified to the...

The rise of new science in the seventeenth century laid hold upon general culture in the next century. The enlightenment... testified to the...

The rise of new science in the seventeenth century laid hold upon general culture in the next century. The enlightenment... testified to the...