The belief that science developed solely out of a pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is at best only a half truth, and at worst, mere self-flattery or self-deception on the part of scientists.


The Myth of the Machine: The Pentagon of Power (p. 106), Chapter V (p. 106)

Lewis Mumford Quotes

The belief that science developed solely out of a pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is at best only a half truth, and at worst, mere...

The belief that science developed solely out of a pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is at best only a half truth, and at worst, mere...

The belief that science developed solely out of a pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is at best only a half truth, and at worst, mere...

The belief that science developed solely out of a pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is at best only a half truth, and at worst, mere...