"When I looked at the science of engineering and saw that it had disappeared after its ancient heritage, that its masters have perished, and that their memories are now forgotten, I worked my wits and thoughts in secrecy about philosophical shapes and figures, which could move the mind, with effort, from nothingness to being and from idleness to motion. And I arranged these shapes one by one in drawings and explained them."
React to this quote
Resonant Thoughts
"The transfinite numbers are in a certain sense themselves new irrationalities and in fact in my opinion the best method of defining the finite irrational numbers is wholly dissimilar to, and I might e…"
"Seth's book The Nature of Personal Reality, stresses the importance of personal beliefs in the private creation of daily reality. He emphasizes that it's important not to be afraid of thoughts or feel…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"Emancipation, not colonization, was the real goal to which the logic of the American Founding was driving t…"
— Allen C. Guelzo"Okay, well that's the question."
— Christine O'Donnell"When you look closely it is a question whether that which is a wrong to the present community may not prove…"
— Arthur Conan Doyle"There’s obviously always danger in making music or art for art’s sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty …"
— Steven Curtis Chapman"No doubt markets transmit information in the way that Hayek claimed. But what reason is there to believe th…"
— John Gray (philosopher)"In the book, the appeal is to their fear glands... the fear of not getting re-elected. The fear of being ch…"
— Ralph Nader
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- Larry Wall on philosophy
- Linus Torvalds on philosophy
- Vitruvius on philosophy
- Erik Naggum on philosophy
- N. R. Narayana Murthy on knowledge
- N. R. Narayana Murthy on leadership
- N. R. Narayana Murthy on books
- N. R. Narayana Murthy on creativity
- N. R. Narayana Murthy on education
- N. R. Narayana Murthy on friendship
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change


