Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their object, neglecting whatever is unrelated to it and carefully setting aside everything which might tend… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of necessity, they observe with a preconceived idea, and when they devise an experiment, they can… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
In every enterprise ... the mind is always reasoning, and, even when we seem to act without a motive, an instinctive logic still directs… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. It is in the darker. It is in the darker regions of science that great men… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists founded chemistry… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
Tout est poison, rien n'est poison, tout est une question de dose. Everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. — Claude Bernard Copy Share
We must remain, in a word, in an intellectual disposition which seems paradoxical, but which, in my opinion, represents the true mind of the… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
The fact that knowledge endlessly recedes as the investigator is about to grasp it is what constitutes at the same time his torment and… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science. — Claude Bernard Copy Share
Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits… — Claude Bernard Copy Share
