KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Adam Sedgwick Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Adam Sedgwick

Showing 1-3 of 3 Quotes by Adam Sedgwick

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

~Adam Sedgwick

Topics: Against Aim Anger Daring God High Like Philosophy Poised Pyramid Seek Shelter System Tower

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.

~Adam Sedgwick

Topics: Account Attributes Created Days Estimate His Holds Man Modern Moral Origin Philosophy Physical Place Pretended Strips Them World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.

~Adam Sedgwick

Topics: Cold Day Material Materialism Philosophy Present So-Called Tendency

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: March 22nd, 1785

Died: January 27th, 1873

Links

Find Adam Sedgwick on Amazon

Related Authors

Gregory Bateson
Thomas Browne
John Dalton
Humphry Davy
Arthur Eddington
John B. S. Haldane
Paul Nurse
Rupert Sheldrake

Popular Authors

Charles Darwin Heraclitus Marilyn Manson Thomas Merton Meek Mill Michel De Montaigne Travis Scott Margaret Thatcher

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1810 - P. T. Barnum

1586 - Thomas Hooker

1849 - William Thomas Stead

1853 - Cecil Rhodes

1857 - Clara Zetkin

1882 - Hazrat Inayat Khan

1889 - Jean Cocteau

1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen

1899 - Marcel Achard

1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Birthdays on July 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Diet Friendship Humor Independence New Year's Romantic Science Women