Johann Heinrich Lambert Quotes & Sayings

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

Proofs of the Euclidean [parallel] postulate can be developed to such an extent that apparently a mere trifle remains. But a careful analysis shows that in this seeming trifle lies the crux of the matter; usually it contains either the proposition that is being proved or a postulate equivalent to it. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

This hypothesis (Parallel hypothesis) would not destroy itself at all easily. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

I should almost therefore put forward the proposal that the third hypothsis (angle sum of a triangle less than two right angles) holds on the surface of an imaginary sphere. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened. — Johann Heinrich Lambert