Gauss replied, when asked
Gauss replied, when asked how soon he expected to reach certain mathematical conclusions, that he had them long ago, all he was worrying about was how to reach them! Rene Dubos
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Gauss replied, when asked how soon he expected to reach certain mathematical conclusions, that he had them long ago, all he was worrying about was how to reach them! Rene Dubos
Human life is now molded to a large extent by the changes that man has brought about in his external environment and by his attempts at controlling body and soul. Rene Dubos
… each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have differed in this regard. Rene Dubos
Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization. Rene Dubos
The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep roots in the past and is almost universal. Rene Dubos
But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than to a positive attribute conducive to joyful and creative living. This kind of health will not rule out and may even generate another form of ill, the boredom which is the penalty of … Read more
Social evolution may be the result of intention, but it rarely, if ever, produces the result intended. Rene Dubos
Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers. Rene Dubos
Wherever human beings are concerned, trend is not destiny. Rene Dubos
Whatever his inhibitions and tastes, Western man believes in the natural holiness of seminudism and raw vegetable juice, because these have become for him symbols of unadultered nature. Rene Dubos