Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes about Understanding

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We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Understanding, 50th Birthday, Age

"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 4, 1799.

Popular presentation today is all too often that which puts the mob in a position to talk about something without understanding it.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Understanding, Today, Position

"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook G 32, 1799.

Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Men, Discovery, Understanding

"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook C 23, 1799.

I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly say, "Oh, I see. That's how it must be." This is a sign that they explain it to themselves from within their own system.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Math, People, Understanding

Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes about Understanding

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