One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The most refined abstractions of logic conduct to a view of life, which, though startling to the apprehension, is, in fact, that… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
... landscapes or still-lifes I paint in between the abstract works; they constitute about one-tenth of my production. On the one hand… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
When your reasons for believing something are justified ad hoc, you are left susceptible to further discoveries undermining the rationale for that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Relying only on logic, on what can be factually established, may inform or intimidate, but it will rarely stir anyone into action… — Charlotte Beers Copy Share Image
A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves. — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
“Remember, our goal is education and understanding. It’s not to win an argument. Our job is to help blind people see. When… — Eric Worre Copy Share Image
There may be organic life out there, or maybe machines created by long-dead civilizations, but any signals, even if they are difficult… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Don't disturb complicated systems that have been around for a very long time. We don't understand their logic. Don't pollute the planet.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“I think a strong claim can be made that the process of scientific discovery may be regarded as a form of art.… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
When the coronavirus-positive cases were 500 in the country, you ordered the shops to shut down, and now when the tally has… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
Music for a long time has been telling what the world is like. What music has to say now, in a manner… — Eli Siegel Copy Share Image
It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
The anti-immigrant logic has basically saturated our world. I'm staying, and I'm fighting. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Deductive reasoning, the bedrock of the scientific method, begins with a new theory which leads to a prediction (a hypothesis). The real… — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
