| science | Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate; I desire, therefore, in this narration, to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science. |
| parental responsibility | My father was not scientific, and I was left to struggle with a child’s blindness, added to a student’s thirst for knowledge. |
| Science vs. Nature | They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe. They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows. |
| seductive Science | None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science |
| Nature > Science | By degrees I made a discovery of still greater moment. I found that these people possessed a method of communicating their experience and feelings to one another by articulate sounds….This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it. |
| dangerous Knowledge | sorrow only increased with knowledge. |
Frankenstein: Science quotes
February 19, 2020