The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences


The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History (ed. 1840)

William Whewell Quotes

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the...

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the...

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the...

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the...