General Theory

General theory may refer to:

  • Generalized Theory of Gravitation
  • General Theory of Relativity
  • General Systems Theory
  • Generalized cohomology theory
  • General theory of collaboration
  • The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, a book written by John Maynard Keynes

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or theory:

    “A poet’s object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts.”
    —Aristotle (384–323 B.C.)

    “Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienest who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous.... The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)