... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Social evolution may be the result of intention, but it rarely, if ever, produces the result intended. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than to a… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
With reference to life there is not one nature; there are only associations of states and circumstances, varying from place to place and from… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Human life is now molded to a large extent by the changes that man has brought about in his external environment and by his… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
The earth is literally our mother, not only because we depend on her for nurture and shelter but even more because the human sepcies… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
