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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
(c. 480 - c. 524)
Roman philosopher.
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Science Quotes by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (3 quotes)
Compare the length of a moment with the period of ten thousand years; the first, however minuscule, does exist as a fraction of a second. But that number of years, or any multiple of it that you may name, cannot even be compared with a limitless extent of time, the reason being that comparisons can be drawn between finite things, but not between finite and infinite.
— Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
The Consolation of Philosophy [before 524], Book II, trans. P. G. Walsh (1999), 36.
If one were to define chance as the outcome of a random movement which interlocks with no causes, I should maintain that it does not exist at all, that it is a wholly empty term denoting nothing substantial.
— Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
The Consolation of Philosophy [before 524], Book V, trans. P. G. Walsh (1999), 97.
Nature is the principle of movement of its own accord and not by accident.
— Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
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.
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