Man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance. — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
In science there is and will remain a Platonic element which could not be taken away without ruining it. Among the infinite… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“All religions, nearly all philosophies, and even a part of science testify to the unwearying, heroic effort of mankind desperately denying its… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
The scientific attitude implies the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan; that there is… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
There are living systems; there is no living "matter." No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess,… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Biology occupies a position among the sciences at once marginal and central. Marginal because-the living world constituting but a tiny and very… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“It necessarily follows that chance alone is at the source of every innovation, and of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance,… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Evolution in the biosphere is therefore a necessarily irreversible process defining a direction in time; a direction which is the same as… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
...the scientific attitude implies what I call the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan,… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“When one ponders on the tremendous journey of evolution over the past three billion years or so, the prodigious wealth of structures… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of noise natural… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself. — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Every living being is also a fossil. Within it, all the way down to the microscopic structure of its proteins, it bears… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Armed with all the powers, enjoying all the wealth they owe to science, our societies are still trying to practice and to… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
In science, self-satisfaction is death. Personal self-satisfaction is the death of the scientist. Collective self-satisfaction is the death of the research. It… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it. I mean philosophers, social scientists, and so… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged only by… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Chance alone is at the source of every innovaton, of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance, only chance, absolute but blind… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
One of the great problems of philosophy, is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is;… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even heard -… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet the universe… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its chemical identification… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
In science there is and will remain a Platonic element which could not be taken away without ruining it. Among the infinite diversity of… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
One may well find oneself beginning to doubt whether all this could conceivably be the product of an enormous lottery presided over by natural… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of noise natural selection alone… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Every living being is also a fossil. Within it, all the way down to the microscopic structure of its proteins, it bears the traces… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Evolution in the biosphere is therefore a necessarily irreversible process defining a direction in time; a direction which is the same as that enjoined… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“When one ponders on the tremendous journey of evolution over the past three billion years or so, the prodigious wealth of structures it has… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
