Author: Jacob Bronowski

Quotes

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

- Jacob Bronowski

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

- Jacob Bronowski

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

- Jacob Bronowski

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

- Jacob Bronowski

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

- Jacob Bronowski

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

- Jacob Bronowski

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

- Jacob Bronowski

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

- Jacob Bronowski

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

- Jacob Bronowski

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