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What does it mean?
Harvey declares himself committed solely to the pursuit of truth.
In plain terms
He says he only cares about finding the truth.
What can you take from it?
Commit to seeking truth above all else in your work.

Where it applies

  • research
  • debate
  • decision making

Putting it to work

  • prioritize facts
  • avoid bias
  • stay objective

Questions to consider

  • What happens when truth is inconvenient?
  • How do you find truth?

Another view

Truth alone can be incomplete or difficult to apply without context.

More from William Harvey

  1. I profess both to learn and to teach anatomy, not from books but from dissections; not from positions of philosophers but from the fabric of nature.

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  2. As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.

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  3. All that we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.

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