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Jacob Bronowski Quotes

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created Picture Quote #1

The preoccupation with the choice of a mate both by male and female I regard as a continuing echo of the major selective force by which we have evolved Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority Picture Quote #1

There are three creative ideas which, each in its turn, have been central to science. They are the idea of order, the idea of causes, and the idea of chance Picture Quote #1

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To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet’s mind, or the painter’s, or the scientist’s, but of the mind of man Picture Quote #1

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer Picture Quote #1

You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life Picture Quote #1

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do Picture Quote #1

Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different Picture Quote #1

Dream or nightmare, we have to live our experience as it is, and we have to live it awake. We live in a world which is penetrated through and through by science and which is both whole and real. We cannot turn it into a game simple by taking sides Picture Quote #1

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The basis for poetry and scientific discovery is the ability to comprehend the unlike in the like and the like in the unlike Picture Quote #1

Beyond all our actions stands the larger shadow: How are we to choose between what we have been taught to think right and something else which manifestly succeeds? Picture Quote #1

One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable Picture Quote #1

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind Picture Quote #1

In the moment of appreciation we live again the moment when the creator saw and held the hidden likeness Picture Quote #1

There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy Picture Quote #1

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Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture Picture Quote #1

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think Picture Quote #1

The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it renders Picture Quote #1

Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door Picture Quote #1

Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape, he is the shaper of the landscape Picture Quote #1

The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them Picture Quote #1

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The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars Picture Quote #1

The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance; it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold Picture Quote #1

The largest single step in the ascent of man is the change from nomad to village agriculture Picture Quote #1

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Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The preoccupation with the choice of a mate both by male and female I regard as a continuing echo of the major selective force by which we have evolved (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) There are three creative ideas which, each in its turn, have been central to science. They are the idea of order, the idea of causes, and the idea of chance (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet’s mind, or the painter’s, or the scientist’s, but of the mind of man (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Dream or nightmare, we have to live our experience as it is, and we have to live it awake. We live in a world which is penetrated through and through by science and which is both whole and real. We cannot turn it into a game simple by taking sides (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The basis for poetry and scientific discovery is the ability to comprehend the unlike in the like and the like in the unlike (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Beyond all our actions stands the larger shadow: How are we to choose between what we have been taught to think right and something else which manifestly succeeds? (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) In the moment of appreciation we live again the moment when the creator saw and held the hidden likeness (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The idea that the universe is running down comes from a simple observation about machines. Every machine consumes more energy than it renders (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them, he is not a figure in the landscape, he is the shaper of the landscape (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance; it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold (Jacob Bronowski Quotes) The largest single step in the ascent of man is the change from nomad to village agriculture (Jacob Bronowski Quotes)

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