"Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth."

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Source : Eric Temple Bell (1988). “Mathematics, queen and servant of science”, Tempus Books

Eric Temple Bell

#Absolute Truth Quotes #Pretension Quotes

“Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use drugs because they lack willpower.”
“I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.”
“My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you, you will see pass, like a cloud passing behind a woods in winter, the memory of your father - dissembled in friendly eyes, lurking in unfriendly eyes.”
“Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books, attending meetings, asking questions. But entrance requires much bolder action. It requires one to enter into himself, to uncover hidden motives, to see contradictions, and to realize his actual power for self-change.”
“Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.”
“I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me.”
“Every straight man I know is a feminist. They wouldn't be my friends if they weren't.”
“To live by medicine is to live horribly.”

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