Thomas Huxley Quotes on Truth
Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist, philosopher of science, and public lecturer, famous in his lifetime as Darwin's bulldog for his vigorous defense of evolutionary theory after the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. This page collects quotes attributed to Thomas Huxley on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Thomas Huxley:
“Agnosticism is not a creed, but a method.”
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Attributed to Thomas Huxley:
“The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”
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Attributed to Thomas Huxley:
“Sit down before fact as a little child, prepared to give up every preconceived notion.”
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Attributed to Thomas Huxley:
“The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.”