Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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