Penser, c'est voir! me dit-il un jour emporte par une de nos objections sur le principe de notre organisation. Toute science humaine repose sur la deduction, qui est une vision lente par laquelle on descend de la cause a l'effet, par laquelle on remonte de l'effet a la cause; ou, dans une plus large expression, toute poesie comme toute oeuvre d'art procede d'une rapide vision des choses.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human sciences rely on slow deduction from cause to effect, while poetry and art arise from rapid insight.
- In plain terms
- Science is slow deduction; art is quick insight.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize different ways of knowing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can science benefit from artistic insight?
- How do we balance analysis and intuition?
Another view
Simplifies complex epistemology.
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