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Quotation from Novum Organon Renovatum by William Whewell

“For an Art of Discovery is not possible.”

William Whewell

Novum Organon Renovatum, Preface (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858))

Portrait of William Whewell

Whewell explains why no method can replace invention and genius, as Bacon had hoped.

Citation: "For an Art of Discovery is not possible." — William Whewell, Novum Organon Renovatum, Preface (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858)). (id whewell-novum-organon-renovatum-q2)

Portrait: W Whewell slnsw, Ernest Edwards, Public domain.

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