Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Lou Andreas-Salomé
Born: February 12, 1861
Died: February 5, 1937 (aged 75)
Bio: Lou Andreas-Salomé was a Russian-born psychoanalyst and author. Her diverse intellectual interests led to friendships with a broad array of distinguished western thinkers, including Nietzsche, Freud, Paul Rée and Rilke.
Known for:
- The Erotic
- Looking Back
- Nietzsche