“I am not a philosopher, but only a man of science. I have spent the greater part of my life in the laboratory studying living beings, and the rest in the wide world observing human beings and trying to understand them. However, I do not claim to deal with matters outside the field of scientific observation.” With these words, Alexei Carrel began the introduction to his most famous book (Man, the Unknown), which was received with great enthusiasm when it was first published and was subsequently reprinted several times because it includes many of its author’s experiences about man and life from a purely scientific point of view. Dr. Carrel was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1912 for his brilliant medical research