The goal of scientific physicians in their own science … is to reduce the indeterminate. Statistics therefore apply only to cases in which the cause of the facts observed is still indeterminate.
CLAUDE BERNARD- Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.
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More Claude Bernard Quotes
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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
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Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
CLAUDE BERNARDObervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
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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.
CLAUDE BERNARDWhen 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 experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.
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We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.
CLAUDE BERNARDWe must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.
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Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
CLAUDE BERNARDPut off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
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Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
CLAUDE BERNARDMediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
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We must keep our freedom of mind, and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible.
CLAUDE BERNARDWe must keep our freedom of mind, and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible.
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First causes are outside the realm of science.
CLAUDE BERNARDFirst causes are outside the realm of science.
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The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
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The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most valuable to investigators in physiology and medicine are derived.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most valuable to investigators in physiology and medicine are derived.
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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.
CLAUDE BERNARDIf 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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Science rejects the indeterminate.
CLAUDE BERNARDScience rejects the indeterminate.
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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.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe 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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In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches.
CLAUDE BERNARDIn the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches.
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