Author: John Eccles

Quotes

We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go.

We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go.

- John Eccles

I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

- John Eccles

Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.

Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.

- John Eccles

I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'

I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'

- John Eccles

How we come to be, and how we are what we are, is beyond any understanding. I have been obsessed by this, trying to understand the very nature of my existence.

How we come to be, and how we are what we are, is beyond any understanding. I have been obsessed by this, trying to understand the very nature of my existence.

- John Eccles

A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.

A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.

- John Eccles

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