It must be splendid to command millions of people in great national ventures, to lead a hundred thousand to victory in battle. But it seems to me greater still to discover fundamental truths in a very modest room with very modest means - truths that will still be foundations of human knowledge when the memory of these battles is painstakingly preserved only in the archives of the historian.
Philosophy gets on my nerves. If we analyze the ultimate ground of everything, then everything finally falls into nothingness. But I have decided to … - Ludwig Boltzmann
Philosophy gets on my nerves. If we analyze the ultimate ground of everything, then everything finally falls into nothingness. But I have decided to …
- Ludwig Boltzmann
In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory - Ludwig Boltzmann
In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory
To go straight to the deepest depth, I went for Hegel; what unclear thoughtless flow of words I was to find there! My unlucky star led me from Hegel … - Ludwig Boltzmann
To go straight to the deepest depth, I went for Hegel; what unclear thoughtless flow of words I was to find there! My unlucky star led me from Hegel …
Who ... is not familiar with Maxwell's memoirs on his dynamical theory of gases? ... from one side enter the equations of state; from the other side,… - Ludwig Boltzmann
Who ... is not familiar with Maxwell's memoirs on his dynamical theory of gases? ... from one side enter the equations of state; from the other side,…
Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world. - Ludwig Boltzmann
Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.
The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water & soil, all abundantly av… - Ludwig Boltzmann
The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water & soil, all abundantly av…
Thermodynamics, correctly interpreted, does not just allow Darwinian evolution; it favors it. - Ludwig Boltzmann
Thermodynamics, correctly interpreted, does not just allow Darwinian evolution; it favors it.
It must be splendid to command millions of people in great national ventures, to lead a hundred thousand to victory in battle. But it seems to me gre… - Ludwig Boltzmann
It must be splendid to command millions of people in great national ventures, to lead a hundred thousand to victory in battle. But it seems to me gre…
Which is more remarkable fact about America: that millionaires are idealists or idealists become millionaires. - Ludwig Boltzmann
Which is more remarkable fact about America: that millionaires are idealists or idealists become millionaires.
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