If we are generous enough, we can stretch our souls everywhere and everywhen else. If we succeed in doing so, we shall discover that our present embraces the past and the future and that the whole world is our province.
We have reason to believe that when, during the crusades, Europe at last began to establish hospitals, they were inspired by the Arabs of near East..… - George Sarton
We have reason to believe that when, during the crusades, Europe at last began to establish hospitals, they were inspired by the Arabs of near East..…
- George Sarton
The historical order is very interesting, but accidental and capricious; if we would to understand the growth of knowledge, we cannot be satisfied wi… - George Sarton
The historical order is very interesting, but accidental and capricious; if we would to understand the growth of knowledge, we cannot be satisfied wi…
The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance. - George Sarton
The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance.
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatne… - George Sarton
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatne…
Perhaps the main, as well as the least obvious, achievement of the Middle Ages, was the creation of the experimental spirit, or more exactly its slow… - George Sarton
Perhaps the main, as well as the least obvious, achievement of the Middle Ages, was the creation of the experimental spirit, or more exactly its slow…
Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicis… - George Sarton
Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicis…
science is the most revolutionary force in the world. - George Sarton
science is the most revolutionary force in the world.
It is childish to assume that science began in Greece; the Greek "miracle" was prepared by millenia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and possibly in oth… - George Sarton
It is childish to assume that science began in Greece; the Greek "miracle" was prepared by millenia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and possibly in oth…
The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation. - George Sarton
The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.
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