Isaac Asimov vs. E. M. Forster
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Isaac Asimov
1920 – 1992
Isaac Asimov was an American author and biochemist, best known for his prolific science fiction works such as the Foundation series and for popular science books.
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
E. M. Forster
1879 – 1970
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays.
"I am the means and not the end. I am the food and not the life. Stand by yourself, as that boy has stood. I cannot save you. For poetry is a spirit; and they th…"
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