An analogy about a scientist:
"In his attempt to disclose mathematical sympathies in the machinery of the skies [Johannes Kepler] tried at one moment to relate the planetary orbits to geometrical figures, and at another moment to make them correspond to musical notes. He was like the child who having picked a mass of wild flowers tries to arrange them into a posy this way, and then tries another way, exploring the possible combinations and harmonies."
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield (1957) The Origins of Modern Science 1300-1800 (New Edition: Revised and enlarged). G. Bell and Sons Ltd., London.
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