True knowledge is the interpretation of nature; and therefore it requires both the interpreting mind, and nature for its subject; both the document, and the ingenuity to read it aright.


History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time, (3rd edition), Introduction (p. 6)

William Whewell Quotes

True knowledge is the interpretation of nature; and therefore it requires both the interpreting mind, and nature for its subject; both the document,...

True knowledge is the interpretation of nature; and therefore it requires both the interpreting mind, and nature for its subject; both the document,...

True knowledge is the interpretation of nature; and therefore it requires both the interpreting mind, and nature for its subject; both the document,...

True knowledge is the interpretation of nature; and therefore it requires both the interpreting mind, and nature for its subject; both the document,...