More from Claude Bernard

  1. The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen.
  2. They make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their object, neglecting whatever i…
  3. Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
  4. When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supporte…
  5. Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, …
  6. Theories are only verified hypotheses, verified by more or less numerous facts. Those verified by the most facts are the best, but even the…
  7. The mental never influences the physical. It is always the physical that modifies the mental, and when we think that the mind is diseased, …
  8. Indeed, proof that a given condition always precedes or accompanies a phenomenon does not warrant concluding with certainty that a given co…

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