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Hermann Lotze Quotes on Nature

Rudolf Hermann Lotze was a German philosopher and physician whose work bridged the late idealist and the natural-scientific cultures of nineteenth-century Germany. This page collects quotes attributed to Hermann Lotze on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Hermann Lotze:

    “Mechanism is universal in extent, subordinate in significance.”

  • Attributed to Hermann Lotze:

    “The world of values is more real than the world of mere fact.”

  • Attributed to Hermann Lotze:

    “The unity of nature is mirrored in the unity of the spirit that contemplates it.”

  • Attributed to Hermann Lotze:

    “The good is what realizes the meaning of being.”