“A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is—in my opinion—the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth.”
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A. Einstein. Letter to Robert A. Thornton, 7 December 1944. EA 61-574, in The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986-present).
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