"It is the historical mind, rather than the scientific (in the physicist's sense), that destroyed the mythical orientation of European culture; the historian, not the mathematician, introduced the 'higher criticism,' the standard of actual fact. It is he who is the real apostle of the realistic age."Saturday, February 4, 2012
Saturday's Quote
I like the way that logician Susanne Langer (1895-1985) thought, at least based on this particular insight:
"It is the historical mind, rather than the scientific (in the physicist's sense), that destroyed the mythical orientation of European culture; the historian, not the mathematician, introduced the 'higher criticism,' the standard of actual fact. It is he who is the real apostle of the realistic age."
"It is the historical mind, rather than the scientific (in the physicist's sense), that destroyed the mythical orientation of European culture; the historian, not the mathematician, introduced the 'higher criticism,' the standard of actual fact. It is he who is the real apostle of the realistic age."
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