Quotes by Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard

A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.

Discovery

Science

Theory

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Facts

Ideas

Proof

A man of science rises ever, in seeking truth; and if he never finds it in its wholeness, he discovers nevertheless very significant fragments; and these fragments of universal truth are precisely what constitutes science.

Men

Rising

Science

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

Constant

Environment

Internals

But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.

Accepting

Practice

Theory

Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country to understand its history, so also it is not enough to know the anatomy of organs to understand their functions.

Anatomy And Physiology

Country

Typography

First causes are outside the realm of science.

Causes

Firsts

Science

Hatred is the most clear- sighted, next to genius.

Genius

Hatred

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.

Life

Relief

Science

Il ne fallait jamais faire des expériences pour confirmer ses idées, mais simplement pour les contrôler. We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.

Experiments

Ideas

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Accepting

Achievement

Anatomy And Physiology

Belief

Believe

Body

Causes

Constant

Country

Determinism

Discovery

Doe

Doubt

Drug

Entering

Environment

Exception

Experiments

Facts

Faith

Firsts

Freedom

Generalization

Genius

Germs

Giving Up

Goal

Hatred

Ideas

Ignorance

Independence

Independent

Intellectual

Internals

Kitchen

Knowledge

Knows

Life

Long

Machines

Made

Matter

May

Mean

Medicine

Men

Mind

Numbers

Observation

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Quotes by Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard

A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

A man of science rises ever, in seeking truth; and if he never finds it in its wholeness, he discovers nevertheless very significant fragments; and these fragments of universal truth are precisely what constitutes science.

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.

Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country to understand its history, so also it is not enough to know the anatomy of organs to understand their functions.

First causes are outside the realm of science.

Hatred is the most clear- sighted, next to genius.

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.

Il ne fallait jamais faire des expériences pour confirmer ses idées, mais simplement pour les contrôler. We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.

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