R. G. Collingwood Quote

Science in general does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening upon something we do not know, and trying to discover it.


The Idea of History, Introduction, Section 2 (p. 9), At The Clarendon Press. 1967


Science in general does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening...

Science in general does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening...

Science in general does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening...

Science in general does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening...