Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths.
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… - 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…
- Rene Dubos
Any attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown consequences. Huma… - Rene Dubos
Any attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown consequences. Huma…
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of our ungoverned popul… - Rene Dubos
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of our ungoverned popul…
Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization. - Rene Dubos
Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization.
One may wonder indeed whether the pretense of superior health is not itself rapidly becoming a mental aberration. - Rene Dubos
One may wonder indeed whether the pretense of superior health is not itself rapidly becoming a mental aberration.
The wooing of the Earth thus implies much more than converting the wilderness into humanized environments. It means also preserving natural environme… - Rene Dubos
The wooing of the Earth thus implies much more than converting the wilderness into humanized environments. It means also preserving natural environme…
Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability o… - Rene Dubos
Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability o…
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will develop new urges, and these… - Rene Dubos
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will develop new urges, and these…
Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. - Rene Dubos
Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back.
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