Francois Rabelais Quotes
So that we may not be like the Athenians, who never consulted except after the event done.
[Fr., Afin que ne semblons es Athenians, qui ne consultoient jamais sinon apres le cas faict.]
Rabelais, François. "Book 1, Chapter 37." The Complete Works of François Rabelais, translated by Donald M. Frame, University of California Press, 1991.
Modern science with its mathematical structures allows more and more predictions of the world and in some ways is like seeing into the future.
François Rabelais (UK: /ˈræbəleɪ/ RAB-ə-lay, US: /ˌræbəˈleɪ/ -LAY, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁablɛ]; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs.