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“There are some modern practitioners, who declaim against medical theory in general, not considering that to think is to theorize; and that no one can direct a method of cure to a person labouring under disease, without thinking, that is, without theorizing; and happy therefore is the patient, whose physician possesses the best theory.”

Thinking Persons Science Modern Theory Disease Direct Method Patient Medical Cures Physicians Considering

Book:Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life ...

Source: Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life ...

“If I have read religious history aright, faith, hope, and charity have not always been found in a direct ratio with a sensibility to the three concords; and it is possible, thank heaven! to have very erroneous theories and very sublime feelings.”

Ifs Feelings Religion Three Found Heaven Religious Theory Direct Charity Sensibility Sublime Ratios Faith Hope Religious History Faith Hope And Charity

Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot

Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot

“In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience”

Wells Self Social Results Information Theory Source Direct Diverse Cognitive Evaluation Efficacy Self Efficacy Perceived Self

Author:Albert Bandura

“CANNOT BELIEVE BOTH GOSPEL AND EVOLUTION. I say most emphatically, you cannot believe in this theory of the origin of man, and at the same time accept the plan of salvation as set forth by the Lord our God. You must choose the one and reject the other, for they are in direct conflict and there is a gulf separating them which is so great that it cannot be bridged, no matter how much one may try to do so.”

Men Trying Believe May Matter Accepting Lord Plans Theory Evolution Conflict Direct Salvation Rejects Separating Plan Of Salvation Origin Of Man

Book:Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings

Source: Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings

“Thus even supposedly unadulterated facts of observation already are interfused with all sorts of conceptual pictures, model concepts, theories or whatever expression you choose. The choice is not whether to remain in the field of data or to theorize; the choice is only between models that are more or less abstract, generalized, near or more remote from direct observation, more or less suitable to represent observed phenomena.”

Facts Choices Fields Expression Theory Models Concepts Direct Observation Data Abstract You Choose Suitable

Author:Ludwig von Bertalanffy

“The whole machinery of our intelligence, our general ideas and laws, fixed and external objects, principles, persons, and gods, are so many symbolic, algebraic expressions. They stand for experience; experience which we are incapable of retaining and surveying in its multitudinous immediacy. We should flounder hopelessly, like the animals, did we not keep ourselves afloat and direct our course by these intellectual devices. Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of fact.”

Source: The Works of George Santayana

“One of the most difficult features of direct experience is that it is unfiltered by any theories or expectations. It's hard to observe without imposing a theory to explain what we're seeing, but the trouble with theories, as Einstein said, is that they explain not only what is observed, but what can be observed. We start to build expectations based on our theories.”

Said Hard Difficult Seeing Trouble Theory Expectations Direct Features Imposing

Author:Michael Crichton

“Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.”

Sometimes Political Games Military Theory Weakness Direct Contrary Opponents Conventional Offense Political Opponents

Author:Mark McKinnon

“If we need a true conception of the popular character to guide our sympathies rightly, we need it equally to check our theories, and direct us in their application.”

Ifs Needs Character Theory Direct Guides Checks Conception Application

Book:Eliot's Essays: Top Essays

Source: Eliot's Essays: Top Essays