Quote by Herman Bavinck

“Reason is a tool of weaklings who are afraid to be naked in the face of a cruel and conflictual reality and who therefore…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“There were no scruples, no feelings of respect or loyal affection that would stop us from making up our minds by the pure light…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“The use of reason is to justify the obscure desires that move our conduct, impulses, passions, prejudices and follies, and also our fears.”

— Joseph Conrad

Kant ... discovered "the scandal of reason," that is the fact that our mind is not capable of certain and verifiable knowledge regarding matters…

— Hannah Arendt

Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.

— Allen W. Wood

“Reason is a sugarcoated word for sophistry.”

— Deepak Kripal

“Kant is sometimes considered to be an advocate of reason. Kant was in favor of science, it is argued. He emphasized the importance of…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“Romanticism is the expression of man’s urge to rise above reason and common sense, just as rationalism is the expression of his urge to…

— Charles Yost

Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.

— Alfred Nobel

Reason had overthrown faith, and had defeated the purpose of God.

— Charles S. Price

“Under Weiss’s direction, Grace began to delve deeply into writings and ideas that would shape the rest of her life. To begin with, Weiss…

— Stephen M. Ward

Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.

— W. Somerset Maugham