Though Our Conduct Seems So Very Different

The Thing Is, Not To Stop Questioning.

Degeneracy Follows Every Autocratic System Of Violence, For Violence Inevitably Attracts Moral Inferiors. Time Has Proven That Illustrious Tyrants Are Succeeded By Scoundrels.

Physics Is An Attempt Conceptually To Grasp Reality As Something That Is Considered To Be Independent Of Its Being Observed. In This Sense One Speaks Of Physical Reality.

The Emotional State That Leads To Achievements Resembles That Of A Worshiper Or The Lover.

I Fully Agree With You About The Significance And Educational Value Of As Well As History And Philosophy Of Science. So Many People Today - And Even Professional - Seem To Me Like Someone Who Has Seen Thousands Of Trees But Has Never Seen A Forest. A Knowledge Of The Historic And Philosophical Background Gives That Kind Of Independence From Prejudices Of His Generation From Which Most Scientists Are Suffering. This Independence Created By Philosophical Insight Is - In My Opinion - The Mark Of Distinction Between A Mere Artisan Or Specialist And A Real Seeker After Truth.