Ciência é a melhor filosofia

Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy better in opening to us the houses of heaven than in teaching navigation; surgery better in investigating organization than in setting limbs; only it is ordained that, for our encouragement, every step we make in science adds something to its practical applicabilities.
— John Ruskin (1819-1900)