The first step to wisdom, as the Chinese say, is getting things by their right names. (Location 98)
Preferring a search for objective reality over revelation is another way of satisfying religious hunger. (Location 152)
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Its central tenet, as Einstein knew, is the unification of knowledge. When we have unified enough certain knowledge, we will understand who we are and why we are here. (Location 155)
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The greatest enterprise of the mind has always been and always will be the attempted linkage of the sciences and humanities. (Location 169)
literally a “jumping together” of knowledge by the linking of facts and fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation. (Location 174)
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The strongest appeal of consilience is in the prospect of intellectual adventure and, given even modest success, the value of understanding the human condition with a higher degree of certainty. (Location 183)
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Philosophy, the contemplation of the unknown, is a shrinking dominion. We have the common goal of turning as much philosophy as possible into science. (Location 229)
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will draw closer to the sciences and partly fuse with them. Of these several subjects I will say more in later chapters. (Location 236)
Consilience of causal explanation is the means by which the single mind can travel most swiftly and surely from one part of the communal mind to the other. (Location 246)
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What is the relation between science and the humanities, and how is it important for human welfare? (Location 254)
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It gives ultimate purpose to intellect. It promises that order, not chaos, lies beyond the horizon. I think it inevitable that we will accept the adventure, go there, and find out. (Location 267)
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Astonishingly—it failed. When does such a historical period come to an end? (Location 274)
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