--- title: "3 Dark ages Quotes By Rene Dubos" description: "3 Dark ages quotes by Rene Dubos. Plus more from Rene Dubos and more Dark ages sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/rene-dubos-12577_age_search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-p_100992.png" --- > [...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-pursuit-because-most-disease/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/rene-dubos-12577_age_search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-p_100992.png) > [In 1946, Oxford University in England was offered large funds to create a new Institute of Human Nutrition. The University refused the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/in-1946-oxford-university-in-england-was-offered-large-funds-to/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/rene-dubos-12577_age_in-1946-oxford-university-in-england-was_1196600.png) > [...Pathological states are the consequence of several determinate factors acting simultaneously...The manifestations of any given agent differ profoundly from one person to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/pathological-states-are-the-consequence-of-several-determinate/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/rene-dubos-12577_acting_pathological-states-are-the-consequence_2517827.png) ## Other authors on Dark ages - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-g-edward-griffin-36549.jpg) G. 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Krebs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-ages/ernst-t-krebs/) ## More by Rene Dubos > [... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/each-type-of-civilization-has-had-diseases-peculiar-to-it-and-at-each/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/human-life-implies-adventure-and-there-is-no-adventure-without/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-pursuit-because-most-disease/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [Each human being is unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/each-human-being-is-unique-unprecedented-unrepeatable/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/but-too-often-the-goal-of-the-planners-is-a-universal-gray-state-of/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [With reference to life there is not one nature; there are only associations of states and circumstances, varying from place to place and from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/with-reference-to-life-there-is-not-one-nature-there-are-only/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/it-is-a-disturbing-fact-that-western-civilization-which-claims-to/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/there-is-a-demon-in-technology-it-was-put-there-by-man-and-man-will/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [Human life is now molded to a large extent by the changes that man has brought about in his external environment and by his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/human-life-is-now-molded-to-a-large-extent-by-the-changes-that-man/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [The earth is literally our mother, not only because we depend on her for nurture and shelter but even more because the human sepcies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/the-earth-is-literally-our-mother-not-only-because-we-depend-on-her/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/clearly-health-and-disease-cannot-be-defined-merely-in-terms-of/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/the-belief-that-we-can-manage-the-earth-and-improve-on-nature-is/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [One may wonder indeed whether the pretense of superior health is not itself rapidly becoming a mental aberration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/one-may-wonder-indeed-whether-the-pretense-of-superior-health-is-not/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/nature-always-strikes-back-it-takes-all-the-running-we-can-do-to/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) > [Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious manifestations, yet some of their worst enemies creep on them unobtrusively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/men-are-naturally-most-impressed-by-diseases-which-have-obvious/) [Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-ages/rene-dubos/#itemlist", "name": "3 Dark ages Quotes By Rene Dubos", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rene Dubos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-pursuit-because-most-disease/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/rene-dubos-12577_age_search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-p_100992.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/rene-dubos-12577_age_search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-p_100992.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/rene-dubos-12577_age_search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-p_100992.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a…” — Rene Dubos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In 1946, Oxford University in England was offered large funds to create a new Institute of Human Nutrition. 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