7 quotes
Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.
Unpopular Essays (1950)
What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.
Religion and Science (1935)
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
A History of Western Philosophy (1945)
The facts of science, as they appeared to him [Heraclitus], fed the flame in his soul, and in its light, he saw into the depths of the world.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays (1918)
We need a science to save us from science.
There are a number of purely theoretical questions, of perennial and passionate interest, which science is unable to answer, at any rate at present.
Philosophy for Laymen (1946)
Science, ever since the time of the Arabs, has had two functions: (1) to enable us to know things, and (2) to enable us to do things.
The Impact of Science on Society (1952)