Being equal Quote by William of Ockham Download Open image “With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.” — William of Ockham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being equal Equal Explanation Simplest
Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal. — Paul Martin Copy Share Image
I have learned from nature that all is equal... all is equal and in balance. I see everything as fitting together. — Joseph Raffael Copy Share Image
Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place. — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
No two things are equal. No two people are equal. Nobody can guarantee equal outcomes unless everybody's poor. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate. A plurality (of reasons) should not be posited without necessity. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
“Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. (Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.)” — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Intuitive cognition of a thing is cognition that enables us to know whether the thing exists or does not exist, in such a way… — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, and 7 is a prime. Why bother with non-prime numbers when the primes can do everything? — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved… — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
My God is the green tide in the spring leaves the redness of cherries high in the air the excitement of shooting stars the… — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
Other things being equal, it is the person who can lift his work up to the plane of the intuitional and inspiration who achieves… — Stanwood Cobb Copy Share Image
If a man had begun to hate an object of his love, so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will, causes being equal, regard… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I don't wanna be equal with anybody. I wanna be above equal. I don't think most people are equal to me. I'd like to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Other things being equal, ill will is worse than moral indifference (as in causing suffering for money vs causing suffering to cause suffering), though… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
Do not Bodies act upon Light at a distance, and by their action bend its Rays; and is not this action (caeteris paribus) [all… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all other things… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the land was divided among all the inhabitants of a country, so that each of them possessed precisely the quantity necessary for his… — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune Copy Share Image
Don’t ever underestimate the importance of money. I know it’s often been said that money won’t make you happy and this is undeniably true,… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
“If the tradition which claims that war may be justified does not also admit that it could be unjustified, the affirmation is not morally… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[T]here is a methodological bias in favor of taking natural discourse literally, other things being equal. For example, unless there are clear reasons for… — Tyler Burge Copy Share Image
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