Quote by Edward Thorndike
There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison there

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together there are no ideas – the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform. – Edward Thorndike

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Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. – 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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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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If food is poetry, is not poetry also food? – Joyce Carol Oates

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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning. – John Barrymore

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But they do not eat hot peppers in the United States. Here and there, yes. But hot peppers there are weak peppers here. – James Street (1903–1954), “The Grains of Paradise” [Village of Feliz, Taba

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