Hans Eysenck Professions : Psychologist Born : March 4, 1916 Died : September 4, 1997 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Hans Eysenck I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. Hans Eysenck responsibility truth science Psychotherapy is the prostitution of friendship. Hans Eysenck psychotherapy prostitution I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. Hans Eysenck matter facts world If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Hans Eysenck belief ifs There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate. Hans Eysenck psychotherapy rate recovery It is generally agreed by philosophers of science that important contributions which have a revolutionary impact on science are often methodologically inadequate, reveal many anomalies, and may indeed be factually erroneous. Hans Eysenck impact anomalies important Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and their unusually high intelligence only makes their prejudices all the more dangerous. Hans Eysenck intelligent pigs science If you admit that to silence your opponent by force Hans Eysenck silence winning people They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not. Hans Eysenck two mean years The more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate. Hans Eysenck psychotherapy rate recovery In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients. Hans Eysenck possible recovery data prove In our tabulation of psychoanalytic results, we have classed those who stopped treatment together with those not improved. This appears to be reasonable; a patient who fails to finish his treatment, and is not improved, is surely a therapeutic failure. Hans Eysenck finish failure patient together Similar Authors Bruno Bettelheim psychologist Boris Sidis psychologist Anthony Greenwald psychologist Arnold Gesell psychologist Arno Gruen psychologist Anna Freud psychologist All Authors
