Literature Is At Once The Cause And

To His [ Plato's ] Great Disappointment, He Found Anaxagoras Adducing Simple Physical Reasons, Instead Of The Teleological Reasons, Which He Had Expected. Such A Teacher Could No Longer Allure Him.

If A Work Of Art Is Placed Before Me, I Believe I Can Enjoy It; But I Do Not Overlook The Fact, That Art Is One Thing, Another Thing Amusement; And That People Do Like Amusements, And Will Run After It.

The Real People Of Genius Were Resolute Workers Not Idle Dreamers.

Whatever Lies Beyond The Limits Of Experience, And Claims Another Origin Than That Of Induction And Deduction From Established Data, Is Illegitimate.

He Who Is Ignorant Of Motion, Says Aristotle , Is Necessarily Ignorant Of All Natural Things. ...not Only Was He Entirely In The Dark Respecting The Laws, He Was Completely Wrong In His Conception Of The Nature Of Motion. ...he Thought That Every Body In Motion Naturally Tends To Rest.