Quotes for the day 5-18
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:34 pm
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
-- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
-- Samuel Johnson
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.
-- George Steiner
Warmie
-- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
-- Samuel Johnson
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.
-- George Steiner
Warmie