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Refutation Quotes

Sleaze is a point by point refutation of elegance Picture Quote #1

An alternate explanation is not a refutation Picture Quote #1

The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light Picture Quote #1

My first thought, as a child, was that the artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy Picture Quote #1

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy Picture Quote #1

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines Picture Quote #1

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All scientists know of colleagues whose minds are so well equipped with the means of refutation that no new idea has the temerity to seek admittance. Their contribution to science is accordingly very small Picture Quote #1

I believe that the time given to refutation in philosophy is usually time lost. Of the many attacks directed by many thinkers against each other, what now remains? Nothing, or assuredly very little. That which counts and endures is the modicum of positive truth which each contributes. The true statement is, of itself, able to displace the erroneous idea, and becomes, without our having taken the trouble of refuting anyone, the best of refutations Picture Quote #1

A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts Picture Quote #1

Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit; And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation Picture Quote #1

Nature has the deep cunning which hides itself under the appearance of openness, so that simple people think they can see through her quite well, and all the while she is secretly preparing a refutation of their confident prophecies Picture Quote #1

I’m not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods Picture Quote #1

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I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation Picture Quote #1

There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite Picture Quote #1

The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of our melancholy Picture Quote #1

It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation Picture Quote #1

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Sleaze is a point by point refutation of elegance (Refutation Quotes) An alternate explanation is not a refutation (Refutation Quotes) The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light (Refutation Quotes) My first thought, as a child, was that the artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy (Refutation Quotes) The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy (Refutation Quotes) Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines (Refutation Quotes) All scientists know of colleagues whose minds are so well equipped with the means of refutation that no new idea has the temerity to seek admittance. Their contribution to science is accordingly very small (Refutation Quotes) I believe that the time given to refutation in philosophy is usually time lost. Of the many attacks directed by many thinkers against each other, what now remains? Nothing, or assuredly very little. That which counts and endures is the modicum of positive truth which each contributes. The true statement is, of itself, able to displace the erroneous idea, and becomes, without our having taken the trouble of refuting anyone, the best of refutations (Refutation Quotes) A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts (Refutation Quotes) Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit; And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation (Refutation Quotes) Nature has the deep cunning which hides itself under the appearance of openness, so that simple people think they can see through her quite well, and all the while she is secretly preparing a refutation of their confident prophecies (Refutation Quotes) I’m not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods (Refutation Quotes) I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation (Refutation Quotes) There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite (Refutation Quotes) The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of our melancholy (Refutation Quotes) It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation (Refutation Quotes)