Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist (1879 to 1955), born in Ulm, Germany; awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for services to theoretical physics, especially the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
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Science cannot create ends; at most it can supply the means to attain them
Science, however, cannot create ends and, even less, instill them in human beings; science, at most, can supply the means by which to attain certain ends.
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Science cannot create ends; at most it can supply the means to attain them
Science, however, cannot create ends and, even less, instill them in human beings; science, at most, can supply the means by which to attain certain ends.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
On human problems science should not be overestimated, and experts are not the only ones entitled to speak on how society is organised
For these reasons, we should be on our guard not to overestimate science and scientific methods when it is a question of human problems; and we should not assume that experts are the only ones who have a right to express themselves on questions affecting the organization of society.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
People can find meaning in life only by devoting themselves to society
Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
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The economic anarchy of present capitalist society is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil
The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
Concentrated private capital becomes an oligarchy too powerful to be checked even by a democratic political society
The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
The crippling of individuals is the worst evil of capitalism, and the whole educational system suffers from it
This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
Only a socialist economy with an education oriented to social goals can eliminate capitalism's grave evils
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
A planned economy is not yet socialism and may come with the complete enslavement of the individual
Nevertheless, it is necessary to remember that a planned economy is not yet socialism. A planned economy as such may be accompanied by the complete enslavement of the individual.
Why Socialism? (Monthly Review, May 1949) Said c. 1949
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