Charles Caleb Colton Quote

A theory is a well-defined structure that we hope is in correspondence with what we observe. It's an architecture, a cathedral.


In: George Johnson, In the Palaces of Memory: How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads, The Memory Machine (pp. 114—115)


A theory is a well-defined structure that we hope is in correspondence with what we observe. It's an architecture, a cathedral.

A theory is a well-defined structure that we hope is in correspondence with what we observe. It's an architecture, a cathedral.

A theory is a well-defined structure that we hope is in correspondence with what we observe. It's an architecture, a cathedral.

A theory is a well-defined structure that we hope is in correspondence with what we observe. It's an architecture, a cathedral.