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I would say that all traditional philosophies up to and including Marxism have tried to derive the 'ought' from the 'is.' My point of view is that this is impossible; this is a farce.

- Jacques Monod

Marxism, Including, Farce

One of the great problems of philosophy is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is; values are what ought to be.

- Jacques Monod

Values, Philosophy, Realm, Ought

What I have tried to show is that the scientific attitude implies what I call the postulate of objectivity - that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan, that there is no intention in the universe.

- Jacques Monod

Say, Scientific, Show, Implies

Chance alone is at the source of all novelty, all creation in the biosphere.

- Jacques Monod

Alone, Chance, Novelty, Creation

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