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Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations Its divisions and precisions.
— 1917 Prufrock and Other Observations,'Rhapsody on a Windy Night'.
A few weeks ago I had a revelation and told my secretary that I could give him a synthesis of forty-six years of living with economic policy. It is: 'Economic policy is random with respect to the performance of the American economy, but, thank God, there isn't much of it.'
Herbert Stein— 1979 Washington Bedtime Stories.
The idea of freedom can never be disassociated from real Prussia. The real Prussian spirit means a synthesis between restraint and freedom, between voluntary subordination and conscientious leadership, between pride in oneself and consideration for others, between rigor and compassion. Unless a balance is kept between these qualities, the Prussian spirit is in danger of degenerating into soulless routine and narrow-minded dogmatism.
henning von tresckow— 1943, at his sons' confirmation at Potsdam Garrison Church. Michael Balfour, Withstanding Hitler, 1988, p130
The synthesis of paleontology, taxonomy, and comparative anatomy that Cuvier achieved was based on a teleological approach to nature, one that gave primacy to functional purpose over structural affinity.
georges cuvier— Toby A. Appel, The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate: French Biology in the Decades before Darwin (1987)
The science of anti-Semitism has as its object Judaism as a social problem, being thus, necessarily, the synthesis of all sciences that can contribute to its solution.
a.c. cuza— From "?tiin?a antisemitismului" ("The Science of Anti-Semitism"), Apararea Nationala ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922, lst year.
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.
taisen deshimaru— As quoted in Zen and the Art of Systems Analysis : Meditations on Computer Systems Development (2002) by Patrick McDermott, p. xix
For having a clear influence on methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, and for helping to found the following important subfields of computer science: the theory of parsing, the semantics of programming languages, automatic program verification, automatic program synthesis, and analysis of algorithms.
robert w floyd— 1978 Turing Award Citation[3]
Grattan-Guinness has achieved a synthesis here of remarkable historical and mathematical scope and sensitivity. His book is a 'must read' for historians of science and mathematics, as well as mathematicians.
ivor grattan-guinness— From Karen Hunger Parshall's review of The Rainbow of Mathematics (2000)
In spite of the moderate usefulness of what the economist has to say on this subject... there is a cry for a cultural anthropologist or even a psychologist when the economist runs into sacred cows, extended families, traditional motivations, levels of achievement, and social morale, all of which may be more important to economic development than any of the traditional economic variables. We still await a true synthesis of the insights of economics with those of other social sciences in the area
kenneth boulding— Boulding (1961). "Contemporary economic research: . In Donald P. Ray (Ed.) Trends in social science. p..19 cited in: Erik Angner & George Loewenstein (2006) Behavioral Economics
Creative work, in geology and anywhere else, is interaction and synthesis: half-baked ideas from a barroom, rocks in the field, chains of thought from lonely walks, numbers squeezed from rocks in a laboratory, numbers from a calculator riveted to a desk, fancy equipment usually malfunctioning on expensive ships, cheap equipment in the human cranium, arguments before a roadcut.
stephen jay gould— "Deep Time and Ceaseless Motion", p. 98
Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.
boris sidis— p. 117 (The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology (1914))
The mandate entails a generous synthesis of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. The title requires the expert to be truly independent, keep an open mind, conduct his/her research objectively and without ideological prejudices, listen to all sides of an argument and seek the opinion of all stakeholders.
alfred de zayas— Alfred de Zayas Statement by on his personal website [55]
A system is only for the philosopher, for a system implies analysis, and the poetic method is essentially synthesis.
— In: The Academy, Volume 59, 1900
Optimum realization aims at a harmonious synthesis of effectiveness and justice in the furthest possible surveyable part of future time.
— Fred Polak (1971) Prognostics, p.65-66
Chapter XII. The Manager and the Instruments of Management Production is a synthesis of functions always present but not all actually developed sometimes quite rudimentary how is synthesis to be effected influence of strong personality leadership essential to great results manager is outside science of management must use its principles, as chemist is outside the science of chemistry and uses its principles to effect his aims management science provides the instruments, their successful wielding depends upon capacity of manager.
— Alexander Hamilton Church The science and practice of management, The Engineering magazine co., 1914. p. xvi
The synthesis of paleontology , taxonomy , and comparative anatomy that Cuvier achieved was based on a teleological approach to nature, one that gave primacy to functional purpose over structural affinity.
— Toby A. Appel, The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate: French Biology in the Decades before Darwin (1987)
For the Middle Ages man was in every sense the centre of the universe. The whole world of nature was believed to be teleologically subordinate to him and his eternal destiny. Toward this conviction the two great movements which had become united in the medieval synthesis, Greek philosophy and Judeo-Christian theology, had irresistibly led.
— Edwin Arthur Burtt, The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science; a Historical and Critical Essay (1925)
The synthesis of pure, calming food is breathing pure air, listening to good sounds, looking at good sights, and touching pure objects.
— Sri Sathya Sai Baba in: Steve Barnett Calm, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1 April 2006, p.92
The world is not dialectical -- it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.
— Jean Baudrillard in: Eldon Taylor What Does That Mean?: Exploring Mind, Meaning, and Mysteries, Hay House, Inc, 15 January 2010, p.171
Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.
— Teilhard de Chardin in: James Twyman The Proof, Hay House, Inc, 15 October 2009, p.24
The synthesis consists in assuming the causes discovered and established as principles, and by them explaining the phenomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
— Isaac Newton, reported in Austin Allibone ed. Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay. (1903), p. 691
Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
— J.C.Powys, in Robert Corfe Egalitarianism of the Free Society: And the End of Class Conflict, Arena books, 2008, p.36
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
— Carl Sandburg in: Paula Steichen Carl Sandburg Home, Government Printing Office, 1 June 1983
We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.
— Li Ka-shing quoted In: Bradley J. Preber Financial Expert Witness Communication: A Practical Guide to Reporting and Testimony, John Wiley & Sons, 9 May 2014, p.81
Analysis and synthesis ordinarily clarify matters for us about as much as taking a Swiss watch apart and dumping its wheels, springs, hands, threads, pivots, screws and gears into a layman's hands for reassembling, clarifies a watch to a layman.
— Unknown, in Accelerated Testing and Validation, Elsevier, 01-Jul-2004, p.191
Get the habit of analysis- analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.
Frank Lloyd Wright— Frank Lloyd Wright in: Toward Center: The Art of Being for Musicians, Actors, Dancers, and Teachers, GIA Publications, 2010, p.35
