“ Nothingness does not terrify a philosopher; and, as I often say, I even intend to leave my body to the hospitals, in order, later on, to serve science. ”
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1856). copy citation
| Author | Gustave Flaubert |
|---|---|
| Source | Madame Bovary |
| Topic | science nothingness |
| Date | 1856 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2413/2413-h/2413-h.htm |
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““ Perhaps you’re afraid? ” “ I afraid? ” replied he, shrugging his shoulders. “ I dare say! I’ve seen all sorts of things at the hospital when I was studying pharmacy. We used to make punch in the dissecting room! Nothingness does not terrify a philosopher; and, as I often say, I even intend to leave my body to the hospitals, in order, later on, to serve science. “ The blow, you see, is still too recent. ”
“ For, ” said the chemist, “ it is unnatural that a man should do without women! There have been crimes— ” “ But, good heaven! ” cried the ecclesiastic, “ how do you expect an individual who is married to keep the secrets of the confessional, for example? ”” source
“ For, ” said the chemist, “ it is unnatural that a man should do without women! There have been crimes— ” “ But, good heaven! ” cried the ecclesiastic, “ how do you expect an individual who is married to keep the secrets of the confessional, for example? ”” source
