Frases de William Harvey

William Harvey fue un médico inglés a quien se le atribuye describir correctamente, por primera vez, la circulación y las propiedades de la sangre al ser distribuida por todo el cuerpo a través del bombeo del corazón. Realmente, solo las describió y mejoró pues su trabajo estuvo basado, en las investigaciones previas del científico español Miguel Servet[1]​[2]​ Este descubrimiento confirmó las ideas de René Descartes, que en su libro Descripción del cuerpo humano había dicho que las arterias y las venas eran tubos que transportan nutrientes alrededor del cuerpo.

✵ 1. abril 1578 – 3. junio 1657   •   Otros nombres William Harwey
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William Harvey: Frases en inglés

“Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown; nor do philosophers pin their faith to others' precepts in such wise that they lose their liberty, and cease to give credence to the conclusions of their proper senses. Neither do they swear such fealty to their mistress Antiquity that they openly, and in sight of all, deny and desert their friend Truth.”

"Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians"; a portion of this statement is often quoted alone as simply "All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.
De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis (1628)
Contexto: Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown; nor do philosophers pin their faith to others' precepts in such wise that they lose their liberty, and cease to give credence to the conclusions of their proper senses. Neither do they swear such fealty to their mistress Antiquity that they openly, and in sight of all, deny and desert their friend Truth. But even as they see that the credulous and vain are disposed at the first blush to accept and believe everything that is proposed to them, so do they observe that the dull and unintellectual are indisposed to see what lies before their eyes, and even deny the light of the noon-day sun.

“Man comes into the world naked and unarmed, as if nature had destined him for a social creature, and ordained him to live under equitable laws and in peace”

De Generatione Animalium (1651)
Contexto: Man comes into the world naked and unarmed, as if nature had destined him for a social creature, and ordained him to live under equitable laws and in peace; as if she had desired that he should be guided by reason rather than be driven by force; therefore did she endow him with understanding, and furnish him with hands, that he might himself contrive what was necessary to his clothing and protection. To those animals to which nature has given vast strength, she has also presented weapons in harmony with their powers; to those that are not thus vigorous, she has given ingenuity, cunning, and singular dexterity in avoiding injury.

“I avow myself the partisan of truth alone.”

"Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians"
De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis (1628)

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