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Arthur Eddington quotes: For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

Arthur Eddington quotes: The word reality frightens me.

The word reality frightens me.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Events do not happen; they are just there, and we come across them.

Events do not happen; they are just there, and we come across them.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Probably the simplest hypothesis ... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.

Probably the simplest hypothesis ... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.

Arthur Eddington quotes: We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature.

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature.

Arthur Eddington quotes: It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.

Arthur Eddington quotes: There is no space without aether, and no aether which does not occupy space.

There is no space without aether, and no aether which does not occupy space.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.

Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Never accept a fact until it has been verified by theory.

Never accept a fact until it has been verified by theory.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Philosophically, the notion of a beginning of the present order of Nature is repugnant to me ... I should like to find a genuine loophole.

Philosophically, the notion of a beginning of the present order of Nature is repugnant to me ... I should like to find a genuine loophole.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man.

Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

Arthur Eddington quotes: The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

Arthur Eddington quotes: It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.

Arthur Eddington quotes: The pursuit of truth in science transcends national boundaries. It takes us beyond hatred and anger and fear. It is the best of us.

The pursuit of truth in science transcends national boundaries. It takes us beyond hatred and anger and fear. It is the best of us.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Time is the supreme Law of nature.

Time is the supreme Law of nature.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Electrical force is defined as something which causes motion of electrical charge; an electrical charge is something which exerts electric force.

Electrical force is defined as something which causes motion of electrical charge; an electrical charge is something which exerts electric force.

Arthur Eddington quotes: So far as physics is concerned, time's arrow is a property of entropy alone.

So far as physics is concerned, time's arrow is a property of entropy alone.

Arthur Eddington quotes: The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

Arthur Eddington quotes: You cannot disturb the tiniest petal of a flower without the troubling of a distant star.

You cannot disturb the tiniest petal of a flower without the troubling of a distant star.

Arthur Eddington quotes: What is possible in the Cavendish Laboratory may not be too difficult in the sun.

What is possible in the Cavendish Laboratory may not be too difficult in the sun.

Arthur Eddington quotes: In any attempt to bridge the domains of experience belonging to the spiritual and physical sides of nature, time occupies the key position.

In any attempt to bridge the domains of experience belonging to the spiritual and physical sides of nature, time occupies the key position.

Arthur Eddington quotes: It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

Arthur Eddington quotes: The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.

The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.

Arthur Eddington quotes: I don't believe any experiment until it is confirmed by theory. I find this is a witty inversion of "conventional" wisdom.

I don't believe any experiment until it is confirmed by theory. I find this is a witty inversion of "conventional" wisdom.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself.

Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.

Arthur Eddington quotes: It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.

It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.

Arthur Eddington quotes: In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'."

In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'."

Arthur Eddington quotes: Something unknown is doing we don't know what-that is what our theory amounts to.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what-that is what our theory amounts to.

Arthur Eddington quotes: We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Arthur Eddington quotes: Who will observe the observers?

Who will observe the observers?

Arthur Eddington quotes: Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company.

Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company.