Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science.
CLAUDE BERNARDEverything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of dose.
More Claude Bernard Quotes
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In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches.
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Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
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The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.
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Everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of dose.
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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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A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.
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Particular facts are never scientific; only generalization can establish science.
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A contemporary poet has characterized this sense of the personality of art and of the impersonality of science in these words,-‘Art is myself; science is ourselves. ‘
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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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All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.
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In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations.
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The better educated we are and the more acquired information we have, the better prepared shall we find our minds for making great and fruitful discoveries.
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The investigator should have a robust faith – and yet not believe.
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Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
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