Jacques Loeb Professions : Biologist Born : April 7, 1859 Died : February 11, 1924 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Jacques Loeb Man is a megalomaniac among animals-if he sees mountains he will try to imitate them by pyramids, and if he sees some grand process like evolution, and thinks it would be at all possible for him to be in on that game, he would irreverently have to have his whack at that too. That daring megalomania of his-has it not brought him to his present place? Jacques Loeb animal men science Through the discovery of Buchner, Biology was relieved of another fragment of mysticism. The splitting up of sugar into CO2 and alcohol is no more the effect of a 'vital principle' than the splitting up of cane sugar by invertase. The history of this problem is instructive, as it warns us against considering problems as beyond our reach because they have not yet found their solution. Jacques Loeb alcohol discovery science Since Pawlow [Pavlov] and his pupils have succeeded in causing the secretion of saliva in the dog by means of optic and acoustic signals, it no longer seems strange to us that what the philosopher terms an 'idea' is a process which can cause chemical changes in the body. Jacques Loeb dog mean ideas Similar Authors Anne Wojcicki biologist Alfred Kinsey biologist Alexander Fleming biologist Alain Bombard biologist Bert Holldobler biologist Barry Commoner biologist All Authors
