All physical and nonphysical things have another side, a side that is not visible to the senses or accessible to the reasoning… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It has been argued that dinosaurs did not die out, but just evolved wings and flew away. At a certain level, this… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
This view [of the infinite], which I consider to be the sole correct one, is held by only a few. While possibly… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
The systematic experimental study of reproducible errors of human reasoning, and what these errors reveal about underlying mental processes, is known as… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“If poverty defines greatness, then become the poorest person on earth, in terms of weakness and bigotry. And if wealth defines glory,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Graphology is another in a long list of quack substitutes for hard work. It is appealing to those who are impatient with… — Robert Todd Carroll Copy Share Image
Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“No, I couldn't do it, I couldn't do it! Granted, granted that there is no flaw in all that reasoning, that all… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And as reasoning is not the source, whence either disputant derives his tenets; it is in vain to expect, that any logic,… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is no difference between the pain of humans and the pain of other living beings, since the love and tenderness of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
We are used to discounting the river-gods and dryads of the Greeks as poetical fancies, and even the chief figures in the… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
The most superficial fact regarding the 'Discourses,' the fact that the number of its chapters equals the number of books of Livy's… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
The reasoning isn't crazy. It's technically correct. If you're being true to the idea that government must not take positions on religious… — Jack Balkin Copy Share Image
What is Jordan that I should wash in it? What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion,… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
There is a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which all your reasoning power comes: you could not… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Mathematicians come to the solution of a problem by the simple arrangement of the data, and reducing the reasoning to such simple… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
... an inaccurate use of words produces such a strange confusion in all reasoning, that in the heat of debate, the combatants,… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
It is also certain that when we assent to some piece of reasoning when our perception of it is lacking, then either… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
The increased abstraction in mathematics that took place during the early part of this century was paralleled by a similar trend in… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
![“This view [of the infinite], which I consider to be the sole correct one, is held by only a few. While possibly I am the very first in history to take this position so explicitly, with all of its logical consequences, I know for sure that I shall not be the last!” quote by Georg Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/georg-cantor-20252_certainty_this-view-of-the-infinite-which-i-consid_2909374.jpg)
![“I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you describe. This must be owing to the growth of Presbyterianism. The blasphemy of the five points of Calvin, and the impossibility of defending them…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/thomas-jefferson-43_blasphemy_i-had-no-idea-however-that-in-pennsylvan_2564008.jpg)
![“Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to me; but external events are in no way responsible. It's my body that insists on reasoning. These are the opinions of my stomach.'” quote by Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/emile-chartier-26457_black_profound-sadness-is-always-the-result-of_1380029.jpg)
