Hermann Helmholtz Quotes

A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

Reason we call that faculty innate in us of discovering laws and applying them with thought. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

Music strikes the ear as a perfectly undisturbed uniform sound which remains unaltered as long as it exists. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

All that science can achieve is a perfect knowledge and a perfect understanding of the action of natural and moral forces. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts. — Hermann Von Helmholtz