John William Draper Quotes
Best Quotes by John William Draper
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science Quotes
“How is it that the Church produced no geometer in her autocratic reign of twelve hundred years?”
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
“So great was the preference given to sacred over profane learning that Christianity had been in existence fifteen hundred years, and had not produced a single astronomer.”
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
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“If I ask whether two events—one on Earth and the other on Proxima b—are happening “at the same moment,” the correct answer would be: “It’s a question that doesn’t make sense, because there is no such thing as ‘the same moment’ definable in the universe.” The “present of the universe” is meaningless.”
