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> [The purely abstract theorist runs the risk that, as with modern decor, the furniture of the mind will be sparse, bare, and uncomfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/the-purely-abstract-theorist-runs-the-risk-that-as-with-modern-decor/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

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## More by Robert K. Merton

> [Science is public, not private, knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/science-is-public-not-private-knowledge/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

> [The purely abstract theorist runs the risk that, as with modern decor, the furniture of the mind will be sparse, bare, and uncomfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/the-purely-abstract-theorist-runs-the-risk-that-as-with-modern-decor/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

> [Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/most-institutions-demand-unqualified-faith-but-the-institution-of/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

> [The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/the-self-fulfilling-prophecy-is-in-the-beginning-a-false-definition/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

> [We thus begin to see that the institutionalized practice of citations and references in the sphere of learning is not a trivial matter. While…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/we-thus-begin-to-see-that-the-institutionalized-practice-of-citations/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

> [Max Weber was right in subscribing to the view that one need not be Caesar in order to understand Caesar. But there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/max-weber-was-right-in-subscribing-to-the-view-that-one-need-not-be/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

> [Only when he has published his ideas and findings has the scientist made his contribution, and only when he has thus made it part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-k-merton/only-when-he-has-published-his-ideas-and-findings-has-the-scientist/)

[Robert K. Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-k-merton/)

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