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Greek Science and Modern Science
A Comparison A Contrast; Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College, London on 12 May, 1920
Charles Singer
Excerpt from Greek Science and Modern Science: A Comparison A Contrast; Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College, London on 12 May, 1920
It is appropriate and it is natural that the College where Augustus de Morgan spent the whole of his active life, and on which he lavished all his great powers of heart and head, should be the first institution in England to make any serious endeavour to remedy this defect. Under the stimulus and on the initiative of my friend and colleague Dr. Wolf, a beginning has been made towards a systematic course of lectures in the History of Science and of Scientific Ideas. May I say, in all humility, that I look forward to carrying on some fraction of De Morgans work and to aiding Dr. Wulf and his collaborators in placing before students an outline sketch of the long and intricate story which begins with the confused ideas of the relation of cause and effect inherent in the mind of every savage, and culminates in the great store of natural knowledge that has become the peculiar heritage of our age.
A new need for the historical treatment of this material has arisen. We must frankly recognize that the whole scheme of education is undergoing rapid transformation. We need not discuss these changes, but it is sufficiently obvious that the staple education of the near future will be increasingly vocational. It seems certain that the discipline of Science must largely replace the training in the older Humanities. It is a function of education, perhaps its main function, to provide each generation with a working theory of how it came to be what it is.
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It is appropriate and it is natural that the College where Augustus de Morgan spent the whole of his active life, and on which he lavished all his great powers of heart and head, should be the first institution in England to make any serious endeavour to remedy this defect. Under the stimulus and on the initiative of my friend and colleague Dr. Wolf, a beginning has been made towards a systematic course of lectures in the History of Science and of Scientific Ideas. May I say, in all humility, that I look forward to carrying on some fraction of De Morgans work and to aiding Dr. Wulf and his collaborators in placing before students an outline sketch of the long and intricate story which begins with the confused ideas of the relation of cause and effect inherent in the mind of every savage, and culminates in the great store of natural knowledge that has become the peculiar heritage of our age.
A new need for the historical treatment of this material has arisen. We must frankly recognize that the whole scheme of education is undergoing rapid transformation. We need not discuss these changes, but it is sufficiently obvious that the staple education of the near future will be increasingly vocational. It seems certain that the discipline of Science must largely replace the training in the older Humanities. It is a function of education, perhaps its main function, to provide each generation with a working theory of how it came to be what it is.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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