“ A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. ”
- Alexis Carrel- Copy
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“ The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics. ”
- Leon Trotsky- Copy
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“ Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith. ”
- William Burroughs- Copy
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“ The psychologists and the metaphysicians wrangle endlessly over the nature of the thinking process in man, but no matter how violently they differ otherwise they all agree that it has little to do with logic and is not much conditioned by overt facts. ”
- H.L. Mencken- Copy
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“ One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented. ”
- Richard Wright- Copy
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“ Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. ”
- Wallace Stevens- Copy
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“ Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles. ”
- James D. Watson- Copy
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“ Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him to decide which he wants to be. ”
- Ayn Rand- Copy
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“ Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other. ”
- Oliver Evans- Copy
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“ That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers. ”
- Bernard Baruch- Copy
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“ When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. ”
- Jeremy Collier- Copy
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“ Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
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“ Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. ”
- Theodor W. Adorno- Copy
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“ We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ Logic is the art of thinking well; the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way. ”
- Isaac Taylor- Copy
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“ Logics will get you from A to B, Imagination will take you everywhere. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. ”
- Neils Bohr to Albert Einstein- Copy
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