John Desmond Bernal quotes - page 2

John Desmond Bernal was an Irish scientist and pioneering X-ray crystallographer. His research significantly advanced the understanding of the structure of biological molecules. He made major contributions to molecular biology and the study of the social responsibilities of science. Here are 30 of his quotes:

Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license. (John Desmond Bernal)
Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people. View quote
John Desmond Bernal
The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. View quote
John Desmond Bernal
A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because of the very opportunities and materials it will have at its command, need an infinitely stronger formative impulse than it does now. View quote
John Desmond Bernal
The theme which constantly recurs is the complex interaction between techniques, science, and philosophy. Science stands as a middle term between the established and transmitted practice of men who work for a living, and the pattern of ideas and traditions which assure the continuity of society and the rights and privileges of the classes that make it up. View quote
John Desmond Bernal

John Desmond Bernal

Occupation: Irish Scientist
Born: May 10, 1901
Died: September 15, 1971
Quotes count: 30
Wikipedia: John Desmond Bernal

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