Quote#Nature
Those hypotheses do not a little hinder the progress of Humane…
Quote byRobert Boyle · 1627–1691
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reflections upon the Hypothesis of Alcali and Acidum (1675) p. 33..
English (original)
Those hypotheses do not a little hinder the progress of Humane knowledge, that introduce Morals and Politicks into the Explications of Corporeal Nature, where all things are indeed transacted according to Laws Mechanical.
— Robert Boyle
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I shall take leave to think the worse, rather of the practice of the men than of the book of God.
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