Quote#Wisdom
Though he knows that knowledge is imperfect, he trusts it alone. If…
Quote byCarl Van Doren · 1885–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Why I am Not a Believer (1926), p. 142.
English (original)
Though he knows that knowledge is imperfect, he trusts it alone. If he takes, therefore, the less delight in metaphysics, he takes the more in physics.
— Carl Van Doren
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