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Charles Darwin

3 quotes
Occupation: 
scientist
Born: 
02/12/09
Died: 
04/19/82 (age 73 years)
Books: 

The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive, is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.

The Descent of Man (1871), volume I, chapter III: «Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals — continued», page 101

moral, ethic
culture

It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science».

«The Descent of Man» (1871), volume I, «Introduction», page 3.

knowledge
ignorance
confidence
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It has often and confidently been asserted, that man’s origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

overconfidence
ignorance
knowledge
science
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