The Ultimate Instrument - Man

Robert S. Scott

doi:10.1117/12.946679

1 June 1966 The Ultimate Instrument - Man

Robert S. Scott

Proceedings Volume 0005, The Human in the Photo-Optical System; (1966) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946679
Event: The Human in the Photo-Optical System, 1966, New York, United States

Abstract

It may help to try getting "way off"-- we like to call it being "objective" -- and observe humanity with perspective -- say about 2500 years of perspective. We would then find ourselves probing the my-steries of man with the Greeks. The Greek philosopher Protagorus observed that "Man is the measure of all things." Apparently that idea didn't originate with Plato, but he agreed and gave the concept dissemina-tion by teaching it to his students. How much have we learned about man in the past 2500 years? Of course, we've learned a great deal. But what have we learned about the really important things?

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Robert S. Scott "The Ultimate Instrument - Man", Proc. SPIE 0005, The Human in the Photo-Optical System, (1 June 1966); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946679

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