„Metaphysics, or the attempt to conceive the world as a whole by means of thought, has been developed, from the first, by the union and conflict of two very different human impulses, the one urging men towards mysticism, the other urging them towards science.“ (p. 15) #Russell #metaphysics #mysticism #science
Schlagwort-Archive: Science
The Fall of Man
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„For man, by the fall, lost at once his state of innocence, and his empire over creation, both of which can be partially recovered even in this life, the first by religion and faith, the second by the arts and sciences.“ (p. 292f.) #FrancisBacon #FallofMan #religion #faith #art #science
Knowledge and Human Power
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„Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect; for nature is only subdued by submission, and that which in contemplative philosophy corresponds with the cause in practical science becomes the rule.“ (p. 15) #FrancisBacon #knowledge #humanpower #nature #submission
Le Discours Platonicien
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„Le fait est que le discours platonicien qui inaugure la science n’est pas scientifique, et cela pour autant qu’il entend la légitimer. Le savoir scientifique ne peut savoir et faire savoir qu’il est vrai savoir sans recourir à l’autre savoir, le récit, qui est pour lui le non-savoir, faute de quoi il est obligé de se présupposer lui-même et tombe ainsi dans ce qu’il condamne, la pétition de principe, le préjugé.“ (p. 51)