Science and action are distinct yet inseparable phases of revolutionary theory.

Evidence

To make a comparison between Marx and Ilich in order to create a hierarchy is stupid and useless. They express two phases: science and action, which are homogeneous and heterogeneous at the same time. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1356

Categorization

• DEFINE: The science/action distinction is an analytic pair the toolkit should keep — theory as science, revolution as action.