Bernardino Telesio Quotes on Nature
Bernardino Telesio was an Italian Renaissance natural philosopher and one of the principal architects of the late sixteenth-century reaction against scholastic Aristotelianism. This page collects quotes attributed to Bernardino Telesio on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Bernardino Telesio:
“Nature must be studied according to its own principles, not according to those of philosophy.”
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Attributed to Bernardino Telesio:
“Heat and cold are the active principles of nature.”
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Attributed to Bernardino Telesio:
“Sense alone is the source of natural knowledge.”
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Attributed to Bernardino Telesio:
“All natural agents seek their own preservation.”