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Logic Quotes by Alfred Korzybski
- Mathematics and logic have been proved to be one; a fact from which it seems to follow that mathematics may successfully deal with non-quantitative problems…
- Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
- If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
- Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about;…
- The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank…
- It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill.
- We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old philosophies, and that from them arise most of the…
- A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class…
- In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the…
- If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry…
- If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which are not, and cannot be identical with themselves, the old…
More Logic Quotes
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- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! — Jane Austen
- There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. — Edward Abbey
- The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only… — Dave Barry
- Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with… — Mario Batali
- Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
- Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. — Jean Baudrillard
- Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. — Theodor Adorno
- Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. — Ambrose Bierce
- A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
- No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. — Niels Bohr