Carl Linnaeus
20 quotes
“In nature, we find the fingerprints of the creator.”
“Classification is the foundation of all science.”
“The study of nature is the study of God's works.”
“Every species is a thought of God.”
“The order of nature is the order of God.”
“I thank God that I have seen the world for what it is.”
“The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves.”
“To live by medicine is to live horribly.”
“Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds.”
“If a tree dies, plant another in its place.”
“We may assume that plants have arisen within the orders, i.e. by genera of one order, may mix with each other. In this was there will arise species that should be referred to the mother's genus as her daughters.”
“That by their various mixings different plants have arisen which belong to the mother's natural order as they are similar to the mother with regard to their fructifications, and are, as it were, species of the order, i.e., genera.”
“That in the beginning the Creator created of each natural Order only one plant with reproductive power.”
“The principle being accepted that all Species of one Genus have arisen from one mother through different fathers, it must be assumed”
“We say there are as many genera as there are similarly constituted fructifications of different natural species. Fundamenta Botanica (1736). Original in Latin: Genera tot dicimus, quot similes constructae fructifications proserunt diversae Species naturales”
“the whole world is full of the glory of God.”
“If the names are unknown knowledge of the things also perishes . Philosophia Botanica (1751), aphorism 210. Trans. Frans A. Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans: The Spreading of their Ideas in Systematic Botany, 1735”
“Nature does not make any leaps. All plants show an affinity with those around them, according to their geographical location. Philosophia Botanica”
“I thank Providence who has guided my destinies, that I now live ; nay, that I live happier than a king of Persia. You know, fathers and fellow”
“Linnaeus and homo religiosus,”