In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride m…

Claude Bernard
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In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations. ✨ Claude Bernard (2012). An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine, p.57, Courier Corporation
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