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Quotation from The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle
“though I am a great Lover of Chymical Experiments, and though I have no mean esteem of divers Chymical Remedies, yet I distinguish these from their Notions about the causes of things, and their manner of Generation.”
The Sceptical Chymist, A Praeface Introductory (1661 first edition, Project Gutenberg text)
Boyle separates his respect for chemical practice from his doubts about chemical theory, the distinction the whole book follows.
Citation: "though I am a great Lover of Chymical Experiments, and though I have no mean esteem of divers Chymical Remedies, yet I distinguish these from their Notions about the causes of things, and their manner of Generation." — Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, A Praeface Introductory (1661 first edition, Project Gutenberg text). (id boyle-the-sceptical-chymist-q1)
Portrait: The Shannon Portrait of the Hon Robert Boyle, Johann Kerseboom, Public domain.
