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Hans Reichenbach
"...the differential element of non-Euclidean spaces is Euclidean. This fact, however, is analogous to the relations between a straight line and a curve, and cannot lead to an epistemological priority of Euclidean geometry, in contrast to the views of certain authors." --
Source : Hans Reichenbach (1958). “Philosophie Der Raum-Zeit-Lehre”, p.83, Courier Corporation
Hans Reichenbach
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“Have you ever noticed how much they look like orchids? lovely!”
“What's a domestic partnership? Domestic partnership is not even a marriage, and there's a contract that involves, potentially, sexual and financial commitments to each other. In this case, however, the guy is also charging one dollar, and that is his undoing.”
Source : "The Situation with Tucker Carlson", www.nbcnews.com. March 20, 2006.
“Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.”
Source : Inaugural address as President of Yale University, April 11, 1964.
“'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart. A good garden cannot be made by somebody who has not developed the capacity to know and love growing things.”
“The thing about a cavity search is this: it has nothing to do with the dentist.”
“Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all.”
“In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.”
“The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree.”