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Quotation from The Works of William Harvey by William Harvey
“the facts cognizable by the senses wait upon no opinions, and that the works of nature bow to no antiquity; for indeed there is nothing either more ancient or of higher authority than nature”
The Works of William Harvey, Second Disquisition to John Riolan, trans. Robert Willis (1847)
Harvey's reply to those who reject the circulation because it contradicts doctrines handed down from the ancients.
Citation: "the facts cognizable by the senses wait upon no opinions, and that the works of nature bow to no antiquity; for indeed there is nothing either more ancient or of higher authority than nature" — William Harvey, The Works of William Harvey, Second Disquisition to John Riolan, trans. Robert Willis (1847). (id harvey-works-q3)
