Gaston Bachelard Quotes

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all.

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts.

I don't see myself as a philosopher. That's awfully boring.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

I don't know how to depict intelligence.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.