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Gustav Fechner Quotes on Nature

Gustav Theodor Fechner was a German experimental psychologist, philosopher, and the principal founder of psychophysics, the systematic study of the relations between physical stimuli and subjective experience. This page collects quotes attributed to Gustav Fechner on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Gustav Fechner:

    “The same mathematical laws that govern bodies also govern minds.”

  • Attributed to Gustav Fechner:

    “What is true of the body is mirrored in the soul.”

  • Attributed to Gustav Fechner:

    “The whole earth is alive; we are its conscious moments.”

  • Attributed to Gustav Fechner:

    “Psychophysics is the science of the relations between body and mind.”