An inner devotion to the task, and that alone, should lift the scientist to the height of dignity of the subject he pretends to serve.


'Wissenschaft als Beruf', Gessammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre (1922), 524–5. Originally a Speech at Munich University. Translated as 'Science as a Vocation', reprinted in H. H. Gerth and C. Wright-Mills (eds.), Max Weber (1974)

Max Weber Quotes

An inner devotion to the task, and that alone, should lift the scientist to the height of dignity of the subject he pretends to serve.

An inner devotion to the task, and that alone, should lift the scientist to the height of dignity of the subject he pretends to serve.

An inner devotion to the task, and that alone, should lift the scientist to the height of dignity of the subject he pretends to serve.

An inner devotion to the task, and that alone, should lift the scientist to the height of dignity of the subject he pretends to serve.