polanyi Quotes

“I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell.”

“The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.”

“When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.”

“For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.”

“Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.”

“I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell.”