Jons Jacob Berzelius famous quotes

03-28-2025

In arranging the bodies in order of their electrical nature, there is formed an electro-chemical system which, in my opinion, is more fit than any other to give an idea of chemistry.
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Order #Ideas #Giving
The habit of an opinion often leads to the complete conviction of its truth, it hides the weaker parts of it, and makes us incapable of accepting the proofs against it.
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Acceptance #Opinion #Habit
As mineralogy constitutes a part of chemistry, it is clear that this arrangement [of minerals] must derive its principles from chemistry. The most perfect mode of arrangement would certainly be to allow bodies to follow each other according to the order of their electro-chemical properties, from the most electro-negative, oxygen, to the most electro-positive, potassium; and to place every compound body according to its most electro-positive ingredient.
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Oxygen #Order #Perfect
The experiments made on the mutual electrical relations of bodies have taught us that they can be divided into two classes: electropositive and electronegative. The simple bodies which belong to the first class, as well as their oxides, always take up positive electricity when they meet simple bodies or oxides belonging to the second class; and the oxides of the first class always behave with the oxides of the other like salifiable bases with acids.
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Simple #Oxygen #Class
This new force, which was unknown until now, is common to organic and inorganic nature. I do not believe that this is a force entirely independent of the electrochemical affinities of matter; I believe, on the contrary, that it is only a new manifestation, but since we cannot see their connection and mutual dependence, it will be easier to designate it by a separate name. I will call this force catalytic force. Similarly, I will call the decomposition of bodies by this force catalysis, as one designates the decomposition of bodies by chemical affinity analysis.
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Believe #Independent #Science
God knows what happens to your time once you have begun to get old. You are busy all the time, you do important things, you work, and yet when you sum it all up the result is nothing.
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Important #Busy #Results
Since it is necessary for specific ideas to have definite and consequently as far as possible selected terms, I have proposed to call substances of similar composition and dissimilar properties isomeric, from the Greek ίσομερης (composed of equal parts).
-- Jons Jacob Berzelius

#Science #Ideas #Greek

Order, thou eye of action.
When I make a photograph I want it to be an altogether new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order (unlike the world of events and actions whose permanent condition is change and disorder).
In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.
What's my favourite food? One you order out.
A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective.
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.
Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.
He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

Jons Jacob Berzelius famous quotes

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