Thomas Young

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"When I was a boy, I thought myself a man. Now that I am a man, I find myself a boy."

— Thomas Young (1773-1829)

light importance interesting

"The nature of light is a subject of no material importance to the concerns of life or to the practice of the arts, but it is in many other respects extremely interesting."

— Thomas Young (1773-1829)

vision doubt

"Vision motivates, sustains and dispels doubt."

— Thomas Young (1773-1829)

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"Newton advanced, with one gigantic stride, from the regions of twilight into the noon day of science. A Boyle and a Hooke, who would otherwise have been deservedly the boast of their century, served but as obscure forerunners of Newton's glories."

— Thomas Young (1773-1829)

Bacon method study nature science Aristotle

“Bacon first taught the world the true method of the study of nature, and rescued science from that barbarism in which the followers of Aristotle, by a too servile imitation of their master.”

— Thomas Young (1773-1829)

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“It must be observed that fishing with any living bait is to be condemned for the same reason as fishing with a worm: in all such instances we torture two animals at once for our amusement.”

— Thomas Young (1773-1829)