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Ludwig Büchner

(29 Mar 1824 - 1 May 1899)

German physician and philosopher.

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Science Quotes by Ludwig Büchner (2 quotes)

Ohne Phosphor, Kein Gedanke.
Without phosphorus there would be no thoughts.

— Ludwig Büchner

Attributed.

Science quotes on: | Phosphorus (9) | Thinking (140)

What we still designate as chance, merely depends on a concatenation of circumstances, the internal connection and final causes of which we have as yet been unable to unravel.

— Ludwig Büchner

Force and Matter (1884), 226.

Science quotes on: | Cause (101) | Chance (67)

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29 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Büchner's birth.

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan

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