"[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled……" — C.S. Lewis

"[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not."

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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis has 1,827 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks improbable: but when I…
One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to…
You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for…
The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of…
We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who,…
Total war is the most humane in the long run.
Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich,…
If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own…
Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.
A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us…
Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and…

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More Assumption Quotes

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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many… — Gary Becker
The bad-boy label is just an assumption. — Russell Brand
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been… — David Brin
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the… — Harry Browne
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the… — Warren Buffett
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song,… — Julie Burchill
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. — Ken Burns
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile,… — Alan Alda
The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you… — David Byrne
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of… — Sherman Alexie
The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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