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Quotes from Nature and the Greeks — Erwin Schrödinger

1887–1961 Austria

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Sensations and thoughts do not belong to the "world of energy."

Nature and the Greeks (1954)

We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators.

Nature and the Greeks (1954)

The observing mind is not a physical system, it cannot interact with any physical system.

Nature and the Greeks (1954)

The scientific world-picture vouchsafes a very complete understanding of all that happens — it makes it just a little too understandable.

Nature and the Greeks (1954)

Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears.

Nature and the Greeks (1954)

Science sometimes pretends to answer questions in these domains, but the answers are very often so silly that we are not inclined to take them seriously.

Nature and the Greeks (1954)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Erwin Schrödinger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.