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A.J. Ayer has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any…
• The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. The surest way to end them…
• The principles of logic and mathematics are true universally simply because we never allow them to be anything else. And the reason…
• The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.
• If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists'…
• No moral system can rest solely on authority.
• It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
• The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one another’s customs and opinions; respect for…
• I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their…
• The ground for taking ignorance to be restrictive of freedom is that it causes people to make choices which they would not…
• Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?
• Even logical positivists are capable of love.

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