- published: 10 Jun 2016
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The English word theory was derived from a technical term in philosophy in Ancient Greek. The word theoria, θεωρία, meant "a looking at, viewing, beholding", and referring to contemplation or speculation, as opposed to action. Theory is especially often contrasted to "practice" (from Greek praxis, πρᾶξις) a Greek term for "doing", which is opposed to theory because theory involved no doing apart from itself.
A classical example of the distinction between theoretical and practical uses the discipline of medicine: Medical theory and theorizing involves trying to understand the causes and nature of health and sickness, while the practical side of medicine is trying to make people healthy. These two things are related but can be independent, because it is possible to research health and sickness without curing specific patients, and it is possible to cure a patient without knowing how the cure worked.
By extension of the philosophical meaning, "theoria" is also a word still used in theological contexts.
give me your handand i won't let go
until this ride
comes to a close.
there's nothing quite like being scared with you.
i heard somewhere
that fear prevokes dependence.
but that depends on who you talk to.
on who you talk to.
but standing there in line
with your trembling hand in mine.
i'd never felt closer to you.
yeah i'd never felt closer to you.