Propositions Quotes

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Mathematics is a logical method. . . . Mathematical propositions express no thoughts. In life it is never a mathematical proposition which we need, but… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and stress… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Analytic It is clear that the definition of "logic" or "mathematics" must be sought by trying to give a new definition of the old notion… — Bertrand Russell
Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications of definite particular… — Alfred North Whitehead
If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the "state of progressive collapse" is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering… — Edgar Allan Poe
In today’s world, working for yourself is actually the safer route, and working for a corporation has become the riskier propositions. — Paul Zane Pilzer
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty. — Gottfried Leibniz
Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the earth, or within… — Bertrand Russell
One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or… — Jim Palmer
For is it not the common experience of all of us - you and I - that we do no incorporate the truth of these… — James W. Sire
I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions. — Peter Greenaway
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the… — Francis Bacon
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions. — Richard Posner
No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which… — Calvin Coolidge
Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has… — Henri Poincare
Observing that the market was FREQUENTLY efficient, EMT Adherents went on to conclude incorrectly that it was ALWAYS efficient. The difference between these propositions is… — Warren Buffett
True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living… — J C Ryle
The mathematician starts with a few propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they are called self-evident, and the rest of his work… — Thomas Huxley
In other words, the propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the behaviour of physical,… — A.J. Ayer
A priori Logical propositions are such as can be known a priori without study of the actual world. — Bertrand Russell
Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as… — Satoru Iwata
A reply to Olbers' attempt in 1816 to entice him to work on Fermat's Theorem. I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to detect. A minimal… — Philippe Starck

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