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Sten Lindroth
(1914 - 1980)
Swedish historian of science.
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Science Quotes by Sten Lindroth (2)
God created, Linnaeus ordered.
— Sten Lindroth
Quoting the witticism current in the late eighteenth century in 'The Two Faces of Linnaeus', in Tore Frängsmyr (ed.), Linnaeus: The Man and his Work (1983), 22.
See also: | Classification (36) | God (131) | Carolus Linnaeus (21) | Order (25) | French Saying (30)
Linnaeus had it constantly in mind:'The closer we get to know the creatures around us, the clearer is the understanding we obtain of the chain of nature, and its harmony and system, according to which all things appear to have been created.'
— Sten Lindroth
In 'The Two Faces of Linnaeus', in Tore Frängsmyr (ed.), Linnaeus: The Man and his Work (1983, 1994), 16. Quoted in David Weinberger, Everything is Miscellaneous (2007), 241.
See also: | Creation (51) | Creature (18) | Harmony (8) | Carolus Linnaeus (21) | Nature (255) | System (18) | Understanding (99)
