Herbert J. Muller

Quotes

• “Men of science, men given to "realism," are likely to make a clean sweep of old interests and sentiments as so much rubbish. They regard religion as superstition, metaphysics as moonshine, art as primitive pastime, and all ritual as monkey-business; they apparently assume that because the traditional answers to old needs have been discredited, the needs themselves have vanished.”
• “Although science is no doubt the Jehovah of the modern world, there is considerable doubt about the glory of its handiwork.”
• “To say...that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer.”
• “Few have heard of Fra Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double-entry book-keeping; but he has probably had much more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo.”
• “It is open to question whether men today, despite the enormous increase in their knowledge, wealth, and power, can yet endure a universe that leaves them alone, or can manage to live in freedom.”
• “It is fitting that her [Ancient Egypt's] most enduring works remain the pyramids. They are monuments to the majesty of her ideal, and to its basic absurdity; to the promise of her beginnings, and to its curse.”

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Key dates

Born

7 July 1905

Died

1967

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Herbert

Family name

Muller

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Mamaroneck

Occupation

writer

Educated at

Cornell University

Employer

Indiana University

Languages spoken

English language

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