Herbert Spencer? G. Stanley Hall? Karl Groos? George L. Knapp? George Bernard Shaw? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Children enjoy playing, yet this rambunctious and exploratory spirit often fades with age. The following adage encourages the retention of a youthful temperament. Here are four versions: (1) People do not cease playing because they grow old, …
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Quote Origin: The Great Tragedy of Science—The Slaying of a Beautiful Hypothesis by an Ugly Fact
Thomas Henry Huxley? Charles Darwin? Herbert Spencer? Benjamin Franklin? John Dougall? John Tyndall? Question for Quote Investigator: An elaborate and magnificent scientific theory can completely collapse if a contradictory fact is uncovered. A prominent scientist called this methodological occurrence one of great tragedies of science. Would you please explore this topic? Reply from Quote Investigator: …
Quote Origin: Beauty Is Only Skin-Deep, But Ugly Goes Clean To the Bone
Dorothy Parker? Jean Kerr? Charles Whitehead? Simon Suggs Jr.? Sam Stackpole? Abe Martin? Kin Hubbard? Herbert Spencer? Mort Walker? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Beauty is only skin-deep according to an adage that can be traced back to the 1600s. This assertion has inspired a wide variety of twisted reactions and elaborations. Here are three …
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Quote Origin: There Is No God, and Harriet Martineau Is His Prophet
Prophet: Harriet Martineau? William Tweed? John Tyndall? Auguste Comte? Robert G. Ingersoll? Karl Marx? Charles Darwin? Herbert Spencer? Henry George Atkinson? Paul Dirac? Felix Adler? Critic: Mark Twain? Douglas William Jerrold? George Grote? J. P. Jacobsen? Isaac M. Wise? Wolfgang Pauli? Question for Quote Investigator: The prominent physicist Paul Dirac was hostile toward religion, and …
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Quote Origin: Science Is Organized Knowledge. Wisdom Is Organized Life
Immanuel Kant? Herbert Spencer? Will Durant? Raoul Jossett? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: There is a fascinating two-part adage about science and wisdom that is commonly attributed to the influential 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant: Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. I have attempted to find a convincing citation for this saying, but …
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Quote Origin: Science Is Organized Knowledge
Immanuel Kant? Herbert Spencer? Thomas Henry Huxley? R. Strachey? Question for Quote Investigator: The following two part adage is usually attributed to the famous 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant: Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. I have not seen any citation in German or English showing that Kant ever wrote or said …
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