“An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular.” — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
They [human beings] are unwilling to gamble that God made those people who are skilled at rational argumentation uniquely virtuous. They protect… — James G. March Copy Share Image
Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
I think sometimes younger people - not necessarily thinkers and intellectuals and the like, but people who are on social media and… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
As a science, logic institutes an analysis of the process of the mind in reasoning, and investigating the principles on which argumentation… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“1. God is (by definition) a being than which no greater being can be thought. 2. Greatness includes greatness of virtue. 3.… — Douglas N. Walton Copy Share Image
When an apologist attempts to be autonomous in his reasoned argumentation he indicates that he considers God to be less certain than… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
In learning and argumentation, the quality brain is similar to a facility of maximum security. What passes the logic test, free of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Be brave enough to belittle your belief, before you belittle a person.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
What counts as rational argumentation is as historically determined and as context-dependent, as what counts as good French. — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord'… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Replace anger with peace,moderation and clear argumentation. It hurts more the other side!” — Dionisis Agelakis Copy Share Image
As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice--there is no standard higher than the assent of the relevant community. To discover how… — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
This splendid book discusses how, in the last two hundred fifty years, large numbers of people have achieved levels of well-being that… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Wikipedia [...] is the product not of collectivism but of unending argumentation. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon philosophy ... to provide a refuge for freedom. Not that there is any hope that it could break… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Obama's style of argumentation is unlike any president I have ever met, and I've met a lot of them. And the condescension… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
I believe because I am told to believe ... My faith is faith; it is not evolved out of argumentation, nor does… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
“One can indeed try to obtain a particular result either by the use of violence or by speech aimed at securing the… — Chaim Perelman Copy Share Image