Typical example of a free researcher
The French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer and scientific philosopher Henri Poincaré (1854 - 1912) was the typical example of a free researcher who achieved numerous mathematical and scientific breakthroughs through his free thinking. In 1909, during the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of our mother university ULB, he expressed the principle of free enquiry, on which he based his thinking, succinctly. See underneath:
"Thinking must never be subjugate, neither to a dogma, nor to a party, nor to a passion, nor to an interest, nor to a prejudice, nor to anything, but only to the facts themselves, for making it subjugate means the end of all thinking."
