All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.
CLAUDE BERNARDArt is ‘I’; science is ‘we’.
More Claude Bernard Quotes
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A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.
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The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.
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Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
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A great discovery is a fact whose appearance in science gives rise to shining ideas, whose light dispels many obscurities and shows us new paths.
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If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation.
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When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.
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The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel.
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The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen.
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Experiment is fundamentally only induced observation.
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The doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.
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First causes are outside the realm of science.
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Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So these despisers of their fellows make experiments only to destroy a theory, instead of to seek the truth.
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We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.
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The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.
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But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.
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