Wilhelm Dilthey Quotes

If we conceive all the changes in the physical world as reducible to the motion of atoms, motions generated by means of the fixed nuclear forces of those atoms, the whole of the world could thus be known by means of the natural sciences.

Wilhelm Dilthey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 19, 1833 - October 1, 1911

Topics

WorldChangesAtomsMotionNatural

We sat here during Irene in '99 with the back door open. We drank and watched all the stuff fly by.

John Harrison

DoorFlyBackOpenHereStuff

I like to be alone and listen to music. Every match I play, I have a tune in my head over and over. It might only be a few words or a small piece of the tune, but it can drive you mad.

Ana Ivanovic

MusicAloneWordsDriveSmallYou

Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because he was a poet and therefore, they felt, he couldn't be serious.

Stephen Jay Gould

WorkGoodSciencePlantYouKnow

Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.

Steven Pinker

RoadsFinancialBetterMoreKingdom

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.

Tony Kushner

UnionsHumanSameSusceptibleIlls

Music is part of our culture.

Mohit Chauhan

MusicCultureOurPart

I had to babysit a lot when I was in high school, and I missed a lot of parties. I felt this longing, like, 'Oh no, I'm going to miss meeting the love of my life at that party!' I feel like that's very Mary Katherine Gallagher.

Molly Shannon

LifeLoveSchoolHigh SchoolMy Life

More often than not, punches underwhelm - too fizzy, too fruity, too sherbet-y, and/or too baroque, the flavors all muddled into the boozy equivalent of the water left over from cleaning watercolor brushes.

Jonathan Miles

WaterCleaningMoreOverLeftThan

I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.

Dawn Richard

MeYouFindMainstreamGotta

I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song, and there's a little bit of a Beatles quality to it, I never avoid that. I always will steer into it.

Chris Cornell

QualitySongThinkWillNeverBand

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.

David Talbot

ThankfulThinkInternetLonelyMore

We want a country which is not isolated and where democracy rules.

Asma Jahangir

DemocracyRulesCountryWantWhere

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