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William Whewell Quotes

We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.] Picture Quote #1

Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. Not only so; but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of Error is without some latent charm derived from Truth Picture Quote #1

The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences Picture Quote #1

The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them Picture Quote #1

There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature Picture Quote #1

Every failure is a step to success Picture Quote #1

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Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation Picture Quote #1

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong Picture Quote #1

The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by which these possessions were acquired, and the documents by which they are secured to us and our heirs for ever Picture Quote #1

In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end Picture Quote #1

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise Picture Quote #1

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena Picture Quote #1

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Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions Picture Quote #1

Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends Picture Quote #1

And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight Picture Quote #1

The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a succession of revolutions, is, in reality, a series of developements Picture Quote #1

A man really and practically looking onwards to an immortal life, on whatever grounds, exhibits to us the human soul in an enobled attitude Picture Quote #1

Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones Picture Quote #1

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The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case Picture Quote #1

... the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall use a bad and incongruous, or a consistent and regular notation Picture Quote #1

The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed;... because if the rule prevails, it includes all cases; and will determine them all, if we can only calculate its real consequences. Hence it will predict the results of new combinations, as well as explain the appearances which have occurred in old ones. And that it does this with certainty and correctness, is one mode in which the hypothesis is to be verified as right and useful Picture Quote #1

The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed Picture Quote #1

According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man’s faculties and acts are attributes of which he is the subject. The mind is the subject in which ideas inhere. Moreover, the man’s faculties and acts are employed upon external objects; and from objects all his sensations arise. Hence the part of a man’s knowledge which belongs to his own mind, is subjective: that which flows in upon him from the world external to him, is objective Picture Quote #1

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We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.] (William Whewell Quotes) Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. Not only so; but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of Error is without some latent charm derived from Truth (William Whewell Quotes) The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences (William Whewell Quotes) The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them (William Whewell Quotes) There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature (William Whewell Quotes) Every failure is a step to success (William Whewell Quotes) Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation (William Whewell Quotes) Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong (William Whewell Quotes) The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by which these possessions were acquired, and the documents by which they are secured to us and our heirs for ever (William Whewell Quotes) In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end (William Whewell Quotes) Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise (William Whewell Quotes) It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena (William Whewell Quotes) Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions (William Whewell Quotes) Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends (William Whewell Quotes) And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight (William Whewell Quotes) The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a succession of revolutions, is, in reality, a series of developements (William Whewell Quotes) A man really and practically looking onwards to an immortal life, on whatever grounds, exhibits to us the human soul in an enobled attitude (William Whewell Quotes) Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones (William Whewell Quotes) The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case (William Whewell Quotes) ... the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall use a bad and incongruous, or a consistent and regular notation (William Whewell Quotes) The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed;... because if the rule prevails, it includes all cases; and will determine them all, if we can only calculate its real consequences. Hence it will predict the results of new combinations, as well as explain the appearances which have occurred in old ones. And that it does this with certainty and correctness, is one mode in which the hypothesis is to be verified as right and useful (William Whewell Quotes) The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed (William Whewell Quotes) According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man’s faculties and acts are attributes of which he is the subject. The mind is the subject in which ideas inhere. Moreover, the man’s faculties and acts are employed upon external objects; and from objects all his sensations arise. Hence the part of a man’s knowledge which belongs to his own mind, is subjective: that which flows in upon him from the world external to him, is objective (William Whewell Quotes)