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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Born

in Ober-Ramstadt, Germany

July 01, 1742

Died

February 24, 1799

Genre

Science, Philosophy, Aphorisms

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany. Today, he is remembered for his notebooks published posthumously, which he himself called "waste books", using the English bookkeeping term, and for his discovery of the strange treelike patterns now called Lichtenberg figures. ...more

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	The Waste Books by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, R.J. Hollingdale (Translator, introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 893 ratings — published 1799 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Philosophical Writings (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Steven Tester (Introduction) 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1799 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	62 maneras de apoyar la cabeza by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Andrés Virreynas (Contributor), Luis Blackaller (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sulla fisiognomica. Testo tedesco a fronte by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Giulia Cantarutti (Curatore) 3.05 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lo scandaglio dell'anima: Aforismi e lettere by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Anacleto Verrecchia (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Şubat'ın 29'unda Doğan Bahtsızlar İçin Teselli Bahaneleri by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Mustafa Tüzel (Translator) 2.53 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Λίχτενμπεργκ: Επιλογή από τα Sudelbucher by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Παναγιώτης Κονδύλης (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kendine Hep Saldır, İnsan: Karalama Defterleri'nden by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Tevfik Turan (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuadernos. Volumen I: Sudelbücher. Volumen I by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Jaime Fernández (Introduction), Carlos Fortea Gil (Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memorable Quotations from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Jim Dell (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.”
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

tags: judge, judgement, judging, opinions

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“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.”
― Georg Lichtenberg

tags: change, social-justice

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“The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.”
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

tags: crazy, insanity, madness

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