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“The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain this repose it will often rather precipitate its conclusions than wait for the tardy lights of observation and experiment. There is such a thing, too, as the love of simplicity and system,--a prejudice of the understanding which disposes it to include all the phenomena of nature under a few sweeping generalities,--an indolence which loves to repose on the beauties of a theory rather than encounter the fatiguing detail of its evidences.”

Source: Works

“Modern historians are all would-be philosophers; who, instead of relating facts as they occurred, give us their version, or rather perversions of them, always colored by their political prejudices, or distorted to establish some theory . . .”

Giving Facts Would Be Political Modern Theory Prejudice Philosopher Versions Historian Perversion

Book:The Confessions of an Elderly Lady

Source: The Confessions of an Elderly Lady

“The material which a scientist actually has at his disposal, his laws, his experimental results, his mathematical techniques, his epistemological prejudices, his attitude towards the absurd consequences of the theories which he accepts, is indeterminate in many ways, ambiguous, and never fully separated from the historical background . This material is always contaminated by principles which he does not know and which, if known, would be extremely hard to test.”

Source: Against Method

“You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.”

Names Principles Theory Prejudice

Book:Great Speeches by Mark Twain

Source: Great Speeches by Mark Twain

“Science is not 'organized common sense'; at its most exciting, it reformulates our view of the world by imposing powerful theories against the ancient, anthropocentric prejudices that we call intuition.”

World Views Powerful Common Theory Exciting Prejudice Ancient Intuition Common Sense Organized Imposing

Book:Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Source: Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

“Some of Kant's particular moral opinions, either because he shared the prejudices of his time, or because of his own personal crotchets, can strike sensible people as ridiculous or offensive. But in my view, his own theory provides us with the resources (the best resources available, I believe) to correct his own personal errors or cultural prejudices.”

People Believe I Believe Views Moral Opinion Particular Theory Resources Prejudice Errors Available Strikes Ridiculous Sensible Offensive

Author:Allen W. Wood

“I've never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn't feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you've got to work as hard as them.”

Ifs Want Feels Kind Country Hard Enough Play Energy Felt Boys Theory Prejudice Fortunate Affected Ballgame

Author:Taylor Swift