“If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us.”
— Ernst Mach
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Science always has its origin in the
“Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.”
— Ernst Mach
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Without renouncing the support of physics, it
“Without renouncing the support of physics, it is possible for the physiology of the senses, not only to pursue its own course of development, but also to afford to physical science itself powerful assistance.”
— Ernst Mach
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Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.
“Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.”
— Ernst Mach
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The biological task of science is to
“The biological task of science is to provide the fully developed human individual with as perfect a means of orientating himself as possible. No other scientific ideal can be realised, and any other must be meaningless.”
— Ernst Mach
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The presentations and conceptions of the average
“The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life.”
— Ernst Mach
Author: Ernst Mach
Category: knowledge
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