Agree Quote by Gottfried Leibniz

I ask the reader to remember that what is most obvious may be most worthy of analysis. Fertile vistas may open out when commonplace…

— Lancelot Law Whyte

Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received…

— Anonymous

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to…

— Stephen Jay Gould

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as…

— Maimonides

“The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: and it requires art…

— John Locke

For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and have carried…

— Aristotle

“In hermeneutics, this phenomenon is called preunderstanding—the understanding one has about a subject before researching it, or the understanding one has about what a…

— Darrell L. Bock

The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent…

— Francis Bacon

What is important is to communicate a lot. That's how we manage to create a good understanding.

— Raphael Varane

To properly investigate a subject, we must investigate a subject's stuff.

— Lisa Lutz

I think it's important to understand the concrete ways things work and to respect that. But some things shouldn't be explained, and you have…

— Astrid Berges-Frisbey

It is useful to constantly observe, note, and consider.

— Leonardo da Vinci