Claude Bernard Quotes


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 put it, we must not remain inactive through false modesty based on fear of being mistaken.


Citations

Bernard, Claude. An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine. Translated by Henry Copley Greene, Macmillan, 1927, p. 219.

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Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard
  • Born: July 12, 1813
  • Died: February 10, 1878
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Scientist

Claude Bernard was a French physiologist. Historian I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". Among many other accomplishments, he was one of the first to suggest the use of a blinded experiment to ensure the objectivity of scientific observations. He originated the term milieu intérieur, and the associated concept of homeostasis (the latter term being coined by Walter Cannon).