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James Beattie
(25 Oct 1735 - 18 Aug 1803)
Scottish writer and poet.
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Science Quotes by James Beattie (4 quotes)
’Twas thus by the glare of false science betray’d,
That leads to be bewilder, and dazzles the blind.
That leads to be bewilder, and dazzles the blind.
— James Beattie
'The Hermit'. In James Beattie and Alexander Dyce, The Poetical Works of James Beattie (1866), Vol. 2, 95.
As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul.
— James Beattie
In poem, 'The Minstrel', collected in Beauties Selected from the Writings of James Beattie (1809), 44.
No degree of genius will ever make one a proficient in the science of man, without accurate observation of human nature in all its varieties.
— James Beattie
In 'On the Study of Human Nature' collected in Beauties Selected from the Writings of James Beattie (1809), 229.
What cannot art and industry perform,
When science plans the progress of their toil!
When science plans the progress of their toil!
— James Beattie
The Minstrel, or the Progress of Genius (1819), 68.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
