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Theory && Practice

2017-12-27 · 2,096 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Theory && Practice — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "If you think education is expensive -- try ignorance." – Ann Landers, October 4, 1975. "Never call yourself a philosoph
Theory && Practice — pen and ink drawing

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"If you think education is expensive -- try ignorance." – Ann Landers, October 4, 1975.

"Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them." – Epictetus, 'Enchiridion'

"Theories usually result from the precipitate reasoning of an impatient mind which would like to be rid of phenomena and replace them with images, concepts, indeed often with mere words." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Maxims and Reflections' (1833).

"How can we possibly test, or improve upon the truth of a theory if it is built in such a manner then any conceivable event can be described, and explained, in terms of its principles? The only way of…

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