“The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them, but, rather, the one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits to argument and demonstration.”
--Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, the eleventh-century Muslim scholar who developed of the scientific method and launched the age of science
2007-08-17 07:19:23
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answered by Centaur 6
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Galileo Galilei
1564-1642 Italian Physicist, kinematics, heliocentric system
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
2007-08-13 20:44:12
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answered by SARAH W 3
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Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Pascal, BlaisePascal's
2007-08-13 22:50:02
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answered by Danuta B 2
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"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Albert Einstein
2007-08-14 00:43:11
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answered by Doctor J 7
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"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
2007-08-13 22:04:41
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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