Strange As It May Sound, The Power

Without Renouncing The Support Of Physics, It Is Possible For The Physiology Of The Senses, Not Only To Pursue Its Own Course Of Development, But Also To Afford To Physical Science Itself Powerful Assistance.

My Table Is Now Brightly, Now Dimly Lighted. Its Temperature Varies. It May Receive An Ink Stain. One Of Its Legs May Be Broken. It May Be Repaired, Polished, And Replaced Part By Part. But, For Me, It Remains The Table At Which I Daily Write.

Personally, People Know Themselves Very Poorly.

Science Itself, Therefore, May Be Regarded As A Minimal Problem, Consisting Of The Completest Possible Presentment Of Facts With The Least Possible Expenditure Of Thought.

Thing, Body, Matter, Are Nothing Apart From The Combinations Of The Elements, - The Colours, Sounds, And So Forth - Nothing Apart From Their So-called Attributes.