Contradiction Quote by Michael S. Horton

“steam-tactics saga illustrates that (4) Rationalism, unlike empiricism, tends to assume an accretion of vested interests.”

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“Let us, at least, dig and seek till we have discovered our own opinions. The dogmas we really hold are far more fantastic, and,…

— G.K. Chesterton

To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We…

— Quintus Ennius

“...We find that the more a cultivated reason applies itself with deliberate purpose to the enjoyment of life and happiness, so much the more…

— Immanuel Kant

“Mia shrugged. “You doom yourselves, Susannah. You seem positively bent on it, and the root is always the same: your faith fails you, and…

— Stephen King

“Of course, I rationalize the fear. I realize it’s not real, that my house isn’t burning down, that the deer aren’t going to kill…

— Shannon Celebi

As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in…

— Arthur Koestler

Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism.

— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

“There is an inexplicable sense of relief in being proven wrong, which perhaps can only be realized by either a scientist or a philosopher.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Notwithstanding the fact that infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

Unlike the rationalism of the French Revolution, true liberalism has no quarrel with religion, and I can only deplore the militant and essentially illiberal…

— Friedrich August von Hayek