George Sarton Quotes About Culture

Quotes about: Culture

• The intensity of a national culture should be represented by... the general education level and... the exceptional merit of a small elite of pioneers.

  George Sarton

  Levels, Merit, Pioneers

  George Sarton (1993). “Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.”, p.8, Courier Corporation

• In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree of illiteracy was very high. The early men of science were left very much to themselves and such a phrase as "the scientific culture of Alexandria in the third century B.C." does not cover any reality. In a sense, this is still true today; the real pioneers are so far ahead of the crowd (even a very literate crowd) that they remain almost alone.

  George Sarton

  Real, Men, Degrees

  "A History of Science". Book by George Sarton. Volume 2: "Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.", Preface, 1959.

• Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is sooner or later a cause of servitude.

  George Sarton

  Simplicity, Greek, Culture

  George Sarton (1952). “Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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