Quote#Wisdom
Hitherto philosophy has been chiefly conversant about the more…
Quote byJoseph Priestley · 1733–1804
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The History and Present State of Electricity (1767), Preface, pp. xiv-xv..
English (original)
Hitherto philosophy has been chiefly conversant about the more sensible properties of bodies; electricity, together with chymistry, and the doctrine of light and colours, seems to be giving us an inlet into their internal structure, on which all their sensible properties depend.
— Joseph Priestley
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