A Quote by Christopher Hitchens

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.

Christopher Hitchens

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Christopher Hitchens
American - Author
April 13, 1949 - December 15, 2011

Religion ends and philosophy begins, just as alchemy ends and chemistry begins, and astrology ends and astronomy begins.

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Simon Critchley

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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Mike Pence

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

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