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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.
Henri Poincare
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Henri Poincare
Age: 58 †
Born: 1854
Born: April 29
Died: 1912
Died: July 17
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Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, “Science for Science's sake” is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts, since they are practically infinite in number. We must make a selection. Is it not better to be guided by utility, by our practical, and more especially our moral, necessities?
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Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
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The subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self. It knows how to choose and to divine.
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