Academia Quote by Sergio De La Pava

Civilized discourse demands critical thinking, self-reflexiveness, sober-headed analysis.

— Daniel Lubetzky

Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse; and minds,…

— Madame de Stael

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

— Homer

“The only certain way to forge new understanding it to carry out investigations for oneself.”

— Jane Borodale

The power of real debate is in the language and intellectual honesty of the debaters, alongside the engagement of spectators.

— Ruzwana Bashir

Promoting open and critical and respectful scientific discourse seems like a pretty good goal to me.

— Susan Fiske

This is a great mind at work examining itself. This is where literature comes from.

— Katharine Weber

Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The intellect is a boat which can take us to the very shores of understanding, but once there we must leave it behind in…

— Ashavan

“Intellectual activity in a culture is not a one-way flow between the great minds and passive recipients; it is a discourse, a complex marketplace-like…

— Gordon S. Wood

The choice of a topic which will bear analysis and support enthusiasm, is essential to the enjoyment of conversation.

— Agnes Repplier