The test of any organizing principle is its success in rendering specifics, not its status as abstract generality.


Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor In The Discovery of, Geological Time, Chapter 1 (p. 15), Harvard University Press. 1987

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

The test of any organizing principle is its success in rendering specifics, not its status as abstract generality.

The test of any organizing principle is its success in rendering specifics, not its status as abstract generality.

The test of any organizing principle is its success in rendering specifics, not its status as abstract generality.

The test of any organizing principle is its success in rendering specifics, not its status as abstract generality.