Top Theory Quotes
Theory Definition
(n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
(n.) An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
(n.) The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
(n.) The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne); it is a property which I claim from my contemporaries and from poster...
Antoine Lavoisier
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chemistry, discovery, french, invention, oxygen theory, posterity, science, scientific theory, scientist, theory
As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.' Wil...
Michael Shermer
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biology, creationists, evolution, facts, farce, g w hegel, hegel, history, intelligent design, john scopes
Since the beginning of physics, symmetry considerations have provided us with an extremely powerful and useful tool in our effort to understand nature. Gradually they have become the backbone of our t...
Tsung-Dao Lee
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beginning, china, chinese, laws of nature, nobel laureate, physics, power, science, symmetry, theory
The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century t...
Isaac Asimov
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earth, flat earth, greece, ignorance, knowledge, relativity, science, scientific theory, socrates, theory