Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicists, but wisdom is not physical; there are wise physicians, but wisdom is not medical.

— George Sarton A History of Science Vol.1 Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece (1952)

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