St. George Jackson Mivart Quote

Reason cannot be satisfied until it has probed, to the utmost of its power, the depths of science itself, and either ascertained what is and must be its ultimate foundations, or assured itself that such fundamental knowledge is beyond the scope and power of human endeavor.


The Groundwork of Science; A Study of Epistemology, Chapter I (pp. 1-2)


Reason cannot be satisfied until it has probed, to the utmost of its power, the depths of science itself, and either ascertained what is and must be...

Reason cannot be satisfied until it has probed, to the utmost of its power, the depths of science itself, and either ascertained what is and must be...

Reason cannot be satisfied until it has probed, to the utmost of its power, the depths of science itself, and either ascertained what is and must be...

Reason cannot be satisfied until it has probed, to the utmost of its power, the depths of science itself, and either ascertained what is and must be...