Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.:274 Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 March 1879
CityUlm, Germany
CountryGermany
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.
If we have the courage to decide ourselves for peace we will have peace.
The first and most important necessity is the creation of a modus vivendi with the Arab people.
We [Jews] have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity
There are two ways of resisting war: the legal way and the revolutionary way. The legal way involves the offer of alternatinve service not as a privilege for a few but as a right for all. The revolutionary view involves an uncompromising resistance, with a view to breaking the power of militarism in time of peace or the resources of the state in time of war.
Imagination is greater than knowledge.
Not all things worth counting are countable and not all things that count are worth counting.
How can any educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science.
Education is what is left after you've forgotten everything you've learned.
Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.
the contemplation of this world beckoned like a liberation
Measured objectively, what a man can wrest from Truth by passionate striving is utterly infinitesimal. But the striving frees us from the bonds of the self and makes us comrades of those who are the best and the greatest.
I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things
To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.