“In this confusion we begin to see what lies behind John Paul II's startling warning about democracy "effectively mov[ing] towards a form… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
“Whenever an art form loses its fire, when it gets weakened by intellectual inbreeding and first principles fade into stale tradition, a… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Bertrand Russell: The expression “free thought” is often used as if it meant merely opposition to the prevailing orthodoxy. But this… — Jonathan M.S. Pearce Copy Share Image
Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins is an essential covenant to make with the Lord. Faith and repentance precede this… — A. Theodore Tuttle Copy Share Image
We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
“The emperor counsels simplicity. First principles. Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“Most philosophers do not want intellectual matters to reduce to a question of morality (obedience or rebellion to God's Word). They want… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the… — Sallust Copy Share Image
The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Since I can see no answer to these questions, I draw the following conclusions. This thing which I have called for convenience… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession.... Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is the science of first principles, those which before being considered empirically or formally, are uncertain” — Frederico Rochaferreira Copy Share Image
We find sects and parties in most branches of science; and disputes which are carried on from age to age, without being… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the… — Henry Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Now there cannot be first principles for men, unless the Divinity has revealed them; all the rest--beginning, middle, and end--isnothing but dreams… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Unless we take care to clear the first principles of knowledge from the incumbrance and delusion of words, we may make infinite… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“For who could better describe the eye than God, Who made it? But as it is clearer than the day that God… — Georg Joachim Rheticus Copy Share Image
“You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
When people say, 'From first principles... ' to start their argument, what they mean is that they wish to assume as few… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Various religious systems have been given to humanity at different times, each suited to meet the spiritual needs of the people among… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
