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Theoric means (obsolete) Theory, as opposed to practice..
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/θiːˈɒɹɪk/ · noun
(obsolete) Theory, as opposed to practice..
So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric
We travel into Italie to learne the art of fencing, and practise it at the cost of our lives, before we know it; it were requisite, according to the order of true discipline, we should preferre the theorike before the practike.
Jucundus[…]confesseth of himself, that he was mightily delighted with these husbandry studies, and took extraordinary pleasure in them: if the theoric or speculation can so much affect, what shall the place and exercise, the practic part, do?
A man but young, / Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic / In all humanity
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Theoric means (obsolete) Theory, as opposed to practice..
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So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric
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