We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly… — Erez Lieberman Aiden Copy Share Image
The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2)… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It is only charlatans who are certain. We know nothing of first principles. It is truly extravagant to define God, angels, and… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I think maybe the classic formulation was by David Hume in "Of the First Principles of Government," where he pointed out that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
He was an artist when he saw society: it never crossed his mind that society had to be like this; had any… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“The Tao, which others may call Natural Law or Traditional Morality or the First Principles of Practical Reason or the First Platitudes,… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur making decisions for your company, always go back to your first principles of what's important to you and why… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
“There are progressions in which the last step is sui generis - incommensurable with the others - and in which to go… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The man who is ready to prove that metaphysical knowledge is wholly impossible has no right here to any answer. He must… — F.H. Bradley Copy Share Image
“Derrida… labels as ‘metaphysical’ any such thought system which depends on an unassailable foundation, a first principle or unimpeachable ground upon which… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Boston was a moral and intellectual nursery, always busy applying first principles to trifles. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Let us then realize our limitations. We are something and we are not everything. Such being as we have conceals from us… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
What does purpose mean? It means the deepest desire for our short lives to mean something. . . . To speak a… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I have an ethics background. It doesn't mean you're perfect. But I tried to set an entirely different bar for politics in… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Don’t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that it’s good to think in terms of the physics approach… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The Republican party must break with its long-established instinct for caution and make a bold stand for first principles of freedom and… — Tony Blankley Copy Share Image
