Gaston Bachelard Quotes on Knowledge
Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher of science and imagination whose work spanned both rigorous epistemology and a phenomenology of poetic reverie. This page collects quotes attributed to Gaston Bachelard on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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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.”
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Attributed to Gaston Bachelard:
“The mind is essentially a factory of mistakes.”
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“Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.”
The Psychoanalysis of Fire , ch. 2, "Fire and Reverie" (1938) -
“The Psychoanalysis of Fire , ch. 2, "Fire and Reverie" (1938)”
Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. -
“To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.”
Introduction -
“A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.”
Introduction -
“Clear Waters, Springtime Waters”
The reflected world is the conquest of calm