John Eccles Quotes

John Eccles
Australian Scientist
Born: Jan 27, 1903
Died: May 2, 1997
Am Body Brain Inheritance Myself Research
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To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems. John Eccles
Appreciation World Better Problems Will Men Understanding Society Our Ourselves Fact Better Understanding Fellow Fellow Men Brain In Fact Richer Whole Extent
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
Age Experience Problem Student Am Came Existence Up Against Meaning Meaning Of Suddenly Medical
I am passionately devoted to the study of life, and particularly to the higher forms of life. John Eccles
Life Higher Study Particularly Devoted Am Passionately Forms
I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self. John Eccles
Me Evolution Darwinian Self Had Came Experiencing Realise Explanation
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
Nature Understanding Obsessed Come Beyond Understand How Been Existence Very Trying Any
To the brains of our predecessors we owe all of our inheritance of civilization and culture. John Eccles
Culture Our Civilization Brains Owe Predecessors Inheritance
England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington. John Eccles
Young Research Secretarial Facilities Delightful Almost Primitive Academic Although Stimulating Were Laboratory Place Grants Standards England Even Present Assistance
The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons. John Eccles
Other Nerve Fired Along Integration Cell Cells Impulses Information Which Conveyed Body Specialized Reception
Changes in relative ionic concentration across the postsynaptic membrane are readily effected by altering the ionic composition of the external medium. John Eccles
Changes Medium Relative Composition Concentration Altering Readily Effected Across External
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
Control Research Suitable Hospital Institute Board Body Medical Medical Research Sydney

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