Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

John Dewey

More information about this quote

Topic

Scientific progress Progress Imagination

Author

John Dewey

Source

The Copernican Revolution The Quest for Certainty

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dewey, John. "The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation of Knowledge and Action." 1928–1929, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by John Dewey about scientific progress: “Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity…”
Download
A quote by John Dewey about scientific progress: “Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity…”
Download
A quote by John Dewey about scientific progress: “Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1920s

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Buy The Great Gatsby at Amazon Buy The Great Gatsby at Amazon
Read The Great Gatsby at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
New York City

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source
The Great Gatsby
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 4.

Another quote about Progress

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton

More information about this quote
Topic
Scientific progress Progress

Author

Isaac Newton
Source
Letters of Isaac Newton
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1676 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. Letter to Robert Hooke. 5 Feb. 1676.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. Letter to Hooke, 5 February 1675/6." The Correspondence of Isaac Newton. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2008.