I am passionately devoted to the study of life, and particularly to the higher forms of life.

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• John Eccles:

  I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self.

• John Eccles:

  I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

• John Eccles:

  A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have c

• John Eccles:

  Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of scie

• John Eccles:

  How we come to be, and how we are what we are, is beyond any understanding. I have been obsessed by

• John Eccles:

  I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? Wha

• John Eccles:

  England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards,

• John Eccles:

  Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.

• John Eccles:

  To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation

• John Eccles:

  I can explain my body and my brain, but there's something more. I can't explain my own existence -