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Quotation from Novum Organon Renovatum by William Whewell

“We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general.”

William Whewell

Novum Organon Renovatum, Book IV, Aphorism XXI (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858))

Portrait of William Whewell

The sentence that leads to Whewell's proposal of the word 'scientist', on the analogy of 'artist'.

Citation: "We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general." — William Whewell, Novum Organon Renovatum, Book IV, Aphorism XXI (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858)). (id whewell-novum-organon-renovatum-q8)

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

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