Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain.
A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion. - Hermann Von Helmholtz
A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion.
- Hermann Von Helmholtz
When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself… - Hermann Von Helmholtz
When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself…
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts. - Hermann Von Helmholtz
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts.
The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand him, than it was to… - Hermann Von Helmholtz
The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand him, than it was to…
The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas. - Hermann Von Helmholtz
The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas.
The quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished. - Hermann Von Helmholtz
The quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished.
Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensa… - Hermann Von Helmholtz
Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensa…
All that science can achieve is a perfect knowledge and a perfect understanding of the action of natural and moral forces. - Hermann Von Helmholtz
All that science can achieve is a perfect knowledge and a perfect understanding of the action of natural and moral forces.
Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain. - Hermann Von Helmholtz
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