There are living systems; there is no living "matter." No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its own, the aforementioned paradoxical properties. They are present in living systems only; that is to say, nowhere below the level of the cell.


From Biology to Ethics (ed. 1969)

Jacques Monod Quotes

There are living systems; there is no living matter. No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its...

There are living systems; there is no living matter. No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its...

There are living systems; there is no living matter. No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its...

There are living systems; there is no living matter. No substance, no single molecule, extracted and isolated from a living being possess, of its...