All Claude Bernard Quotes
- Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their… Among
- Progress is achieved by exchanging our theories for new ones which go further than the old, until we find one based on a larger number… Absolutely
- Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So ... these despisers of their fellows ...… Believe
- The first requirement in using statistics is that the facts treated shall be reduced to comparable units. Comparable
- Hatred is the most clear- sighted, next to genius.... Clear
- In the patient who succumbed, the cause of death was evidently something which was not found in the patient who recovered; this something we must… Accurately
- Proof that a given condition always precedes or accompanies a phenomenon does not warrant concluding with certainty that a given condition is the immediate cause… Accompanies
- The minds that rise and become really great are never self-satisfied, but still continue to strive. Become Really
- When entering on new ground we must not be afraid to express even risky ideas so as to stimulate research in all directions. As Priestley… Afraid
- With the aid of these active experimental sciences man becomes an inventor of phenomena, a real foreman of creation; and under this head we cannot… Active
- Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown. From
- Art is 'I'; science is 'we'. Art
- [Those] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make… Discoveries
- Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride. Increase
- The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel. Discovery
- True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain. Doubt
- Experimentation is an active science. Active
- Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. Except
- Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. Active