Alexander Von HumboldtThe philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
About This Quote
The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
Some Similar Quotes
- Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.
- Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.
- Learning the truth has become my life's love.
- I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.
- It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge than no knowledge at all.
More Quotes By Alexander Von Humboldt
- The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those have not viewed the world.
- The philosophical study of nature endeavors, in the the vicissitudes of phenomena, to connect the present with the past.
- While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior races of men. There are nations more susceptible of cultivation, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than others–but none in themselves...
- I could not possibly have been placed in circumstances more highly favorable for study and exploration than those which I now enjoy. I am free from the distractions constantly arising in civilized life from social claims. Nature offers unceasingly the most novel and fascinating objects...
- Nature can be so soothing to the tormented mind