There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done ; as if reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.
—Henry Fielding
Showing posts with label reasoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reasoning. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Post #1463
Though reason is not to be relied upon as universally sufficient to direct us what to do, yet it is generally to be relied upon and obeyed where it tells us what we are not to do.
—Robert South
—Robert South
Monday, August 26, 2013
Post #1326
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
—Thomas Huxley
—Thomas Huxley
Friday, July 26, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Post #1293
Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.
—José Ortega y Gasset
Monday, August 13, 2012
Post #1032
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
—Rabindranath Tagore
—Rabindranath Tagore
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Post #977
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.
—Sir William Drummond
—Sir William Drummond
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Post #804
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less than looking.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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