Who science has and art
He has religion too
Who neither of them owns
Religion is his due.
• As quoted in Jost Lemmerich's "Science and Conscience: The Life of James Franck" (2011), p. 261.
He has religion too
Who neither of them owns
Religion is his due.
• As quoted in Jost Lemmerich's "Science and Conscience: The Life of James Franck" (2011), p. 261.
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Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt, / Hat auch Religion / Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt / Der habe Religion
• Variant translation: "The man who science has and art, He also has religion. But he who is devoid of both, He surely needs religion." (as quoted in "Homilies of science" by Paul Carus (1892) and The Open Court, Weekly Journal, Vol. II (1887).
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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• Variant translation: "The man who science has and art, He also has religion. But he who is devoid of both, He surely needs religion." (as quoted in "Homilies of science" by Paul Carus (1892) and The Open Court, Weekly Journal, Vol. II (1887)." in the context of "Who science has and art
He has religion too
Who neither of them owns
Religion is his due.
• As quoted in Jost Lemmerich's "Science and Conscience: The Life of James Franck" (2011), p. 261." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre (Apprenticeship) (1786–1830))
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