With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organised afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- Maxims and Reflections, Science, no. 525; translated by Bailey Saunders, 1906 Macmillan edition; Complete public-domain maxim, both sentences. Translation credit and edition checked on title page; surrounding Science maxims 515–579 read. Retains the qualification that revision remains provisional. N
- Maxims and Reflections, Science, no. 525; translated by Bailey Saunders, 1906 Macmillan edition
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