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Sir William Blackstone
(10 Jul 1723 - 14 Feb 1780)
English jurist who is recognised as one of the great legal commentators of English law, based on his four-volume Commentaries on the Laws of England, which also greatly influenced emerging American law in the colonies after their Revolution.
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Science Quotes by Sir William Blackstone (1 quote)
The sciences are of a sociable disposition, and flourish best in the neighborhood of each other; nor is there any branch of learning but may be helped and improved by assistance drawn from other arts.
— Sir William Blackstone
'On the Study of Law', Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69). Introduction. In Tryon Edwards. A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908), 506.

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) --
Carl Sagan
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