ignoramus et ignorabimus (Q1542375)

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"we do not & will not know" — maxim refering to the limits of scientific knowledge
  • we are ignorant and we shall remain ignorant
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ignoramus et ignorabimus
"we do not & will not know" — maxim refering to the limits of scientific knowledge
  • we are ignorant and we shall remain ignorant

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we do not know and will not know (English)
we are ignorant and we shall remain ignorant
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we are ignorant and we shall remain ignorant
In 1904 he was moved to respond to Emil du Bois-Reymond’s famous declaration concerning the limits of science, ignoramus et ignorabimus (“we are ignorant and we shall remain ignorant”) (English)

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