"Reason is the tool men use to determine……" — John C. Wright
"Reason is the tool men use to determine if their statements about reality are valid: there is no other. Those who do not or cannot reason are little better than slaves because their lives are controlled by the ideas of other men, ideas they have not examined."
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10 Quotes by John C. Wright
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If atheism solved all human woe, then the Soviet Union would have been an empire of joy and dancing bunnies,…
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A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and…
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What would the world be like if you had to develop a power yourself before you could use it? Just…
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Men's souls are crooked and unsound things, not good materials out of which to build friendships, families, households, cities, civilizations.…
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If Vulcans had a church, they’d be Catholics.
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My wife is a Christian and is extraordinary patient, logical, and philosophical. For years, I would challenge and condemn her…
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A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion.
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