Quote by Edward Thorndike
From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found. – Edward Thorndike

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Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods. – Edward Thorndike

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Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology. – Edward Thorndike

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Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. – Edward Thorndike

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If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. – Holly Near

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A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence. – G. K. Chesterton

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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. – Albert Einstein

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We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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