"In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment……" — Claude Bernard

"In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches."

— Claude Bernard

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79 Quotes by Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard has 79 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as…
The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof…
Science does not permit exceptions.
In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that…
Man does not limit himself to seeing; he thinks and insists on learning the meaning of phenomena whose existence has…
Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.
It is impossible to devise an experiment without a preconceived idea; devising an experiment, we said, is putting a question;…
Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences.…
Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the…

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More Experiment Quotes

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I never experiment with anything in my books. Experimentation means you don't know what you're doing. — Paul Auster
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to… — Roseanne Barr
Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then… — Gary Bauer
We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to… — Glenn Beck
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot… — Jeff Bezos
The true method of knowledge is experiment. — William Blake
I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival. — John Bolton
I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage… — Christina Aguilera
I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like… — Sophia Bush
'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to… — Drew Carey
But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band. — Julian Casablancas
A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio… — John Jay Chapman

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