Full Idea
Natural science has grown to greatness by pushing ruthlessly aside the rank growth of ancient skepticism and renouncing the attempt to conquer it.
Gist of Idea
Natural science has become great by just ignoring ancient scepticism
Source
Edmund Husserl (Ideas: intro to pure phenomenology [1913], I.2.026)
Book Reference
Husserl,Edmund: 'Ideas: general introduction to pure phenomenology', ed/tr. Boyce Gibson,W [Routledge 2012], p.45
A Reaction
This may be because scepticism is boring, or it may be because science 'brackets' scepticism, leaving philosophers to worry about it.