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Quotation from The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle
“Chymists have been much more happy in finding Experiments than the Causes of them; or in assigning the Principles by which they may best be explain'd.”
The Sceptical Chymist, The Conclusion (1661 first edition, Project Gutenberg text)
Carneades's summary judgment on the chemists, just before his comparison with Solomon's fleet.
Citation: "Chymists have been much more happy in finding Experiments than the Causes of them; or in assigning the Principles by which they may best be explain'd." — Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, The Conclusion (1661 first edition, Project Gutenberg text). (id boyle-the-sceptical-chymist-q7)
Portrait: The Shannon Portrait of the Hon Robert Boyle, Johann Kerseboom, Public domain.
