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“It has often been said that, to make discoveries, one must be ignorant. This opinion, mistaken in itself, nevertheless conceals a truth. It means that it is better to know nothing than to keep in mind fixed ideas based on theories whose confirmation we constantly seek, neglecting meanwhile everything that fails to agree with them.”

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Claude Bernard was a French physiologist born on July 12, 1813, and died on February 10, 1878. He made significant contributions to the field of physiology, particularly in the study of the digestive system and the nervous system. more

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