Gaston Bachelard Quotes
Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher of science and imagination whose work spanned both rigorous epistemology and a phenomenology of poetic reverie. After self-taught studies he held chairs of philosophy of science at Dijon and at the Sorbonne. The quotes below are attributed to Gaston Bachelard, organized by topic.
Gaston Bachelard on Knowledge
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Attributed to Gaston Bachelard:
“Science is the empire of the new.”
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Attributed to Gaston Bachelard:
“There is no first knowledge; all knowledge is the result of struggle against earlier error.”
Gaston Bachelard on Life
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Attributed to Gaston Bachelard:
“A house is the topography of our intimate being.”
Gaston Bachelard on Mind
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Attributed to Gaston Bachelard:
“The mind is essentially a factory of mistakes.”
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Attributed to Gaston Bachelard:
“All that is decisive in the soul has its source in the imagination.”