"So the animal finally performs in that situation……" — Edward Thorndike

"So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act."

— Edward Thorndike

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28 Quotes by Edward Thorndike

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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.
Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to…
Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern…
It will of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human…
The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because…
When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we…
From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.
The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until…
The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a…

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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