A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Charles Darwin, correspondence, 1836

Philosophy

Why it matters

The idea in context

From a letter the young Darwin wrote to his sister Susan in 1836, near the end of the Beagle voyage, later published in The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887). He was quoting a rule he lived by ever after: despite chronic illness that limited him to a few working hours a day, those hours — kept sacred for decades — produced On the Origin of Species.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Bir saatini boşa harcamaya cüret eden insan, hayatın değerini henüz keşfetmemiştir.
Charles Darwin, mektup, 1836

Genç Darwin'in 1836'da, Beagle yolculuğunun sonlarına doğru kız kardeşi Susan'a yazdığı ve sonradan The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) içinde yayımlanan bir mektuptan. Ömür boyu uyduğu kuralı aktarıyordu: Kronik hastalığı onu günde birkaç çalışma saatine mahkûm etmesine rağmen, on yıllarca kutsal tutulan o saatler Türlerin Kökeni'ni üretti.

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Background reading: Charles DarwinAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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