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Tertullian
(c. 155 - c. 240)
Roman theologian and writer who was the first Christian writer to use ecclesiastical Latin for his works.
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Science Quotes by Tertullian (1 quote)
Scourges, pestilence, famine, earthquakes, and wars are to be regarded as blessings, since they serve to prune away the luxuriant growth of the human race.
— Tertullian
In The Timeline Book of Science by George Ochoa and Melinda Corey (1995).
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) -- 
