The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things.


Micrographia (1665)


The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return...

The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return...

The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return...

The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return...