"The objective world of science has nothing in common with the world of things-in-themselves of the metaphysician. The metaphysical world, assuming that it has any meaning at all, is irrelevant to science."
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The Evolution of Scientific Thought from Newton to Einstein (New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927) p. 152, footnote
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Aram D'Abro
1927 – 1939
Aram d'Abro (fl. 1927–1939) was an Armenian-American science popularizer and author.
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