It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted on the old one, philosopher, in all its spacious generality: we may suppose that this was his way of saying that he had not over-ridden the limiting conditions of class only to submit to the limitation of a profession.


The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays (ed. Northwestern University Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9780810124882

Lionel Trilling Quotes

It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted...

It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted...

It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted...

It is told of Faraday that he refused to be called a physicist; he very much disliked the new name as being too special and particular and insisted...