“If we take everything into account — not only what the ancie…”

“If we take everything into account — not only what the ancients knew, but all of what we know today that they didn't know — then I think that we must frankly admit that we do not know.”

— Richard Feynman

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Title: Wikiquote: Richard Feynman
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volume I; lecture 1, "Atoms in Motion"; section 1-1, "Introduction"; p. 1-1

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Feynman, Richard. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Richard Feynman. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

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