Science and Reason

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

Let proportion be found not only in numbers and measures, but also in sounds, weights, times, and positions, and what ever force there is.

The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.

No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.

We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.

If you find from your own experience that something is a fact and it contradicts what some authority has written down, 25 then you must abandon the authority and base your reasoning on your own findings.

Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.

Instrumental or mechanical science is the noblest and above all others, the most useful.

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Color, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.

Experiment is the sole interpreter of the artifices of Nature.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

He who does not understand the supreme certainty of mathematics is wallowing in confusion.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.

Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your 9 senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.