Logic

Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician

Logic

"The rules of logic are to mathematics what those of structure are to architecture."

Architecture Logic Mathematics

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician

Logic

"Inferences of Science and Common Sense differ from those of deductive logic and mathematics in a very important respect, namely, when the premises are true and the reasoning correct, the conclusion is only probable."

Important Common Sense Logic

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Albert Einstein Physicist

Logic

"I never thought that others would take my theories so much more seriously than I did."

Math Theory Logic

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist

Logic

"you are never called upon to prove a negative. that's a law of logic."

Law Negative Logic

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Arthur Conan Doyle Writer, Physician

Logic

"Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell."

Common Crime Logic

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer

Logic

"A régime [Nazism] which invented a biological foreign policy was obviously acting against its own best interests. But at least it obeyed its own particular logic."

Acting Logic Nazism

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William James Philosopher, Psychologist

Logic

"General scepticism is the live mental attitude of refusing to conclude. It is a permanent torpor of the will, renewing itself in detail towards each successive thesis that offers, and you can no more kill it off by logic than you can kill off obstinacy or practical joking."

Attitude Details Logic

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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian

Logic

"Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic."

Innovation Logic Rationality

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Radhanath Swami Spiritual Leader

Logic

"Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic."

Intellectual Logic Faith In God

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Logic

"Logic is the procession or proportionate unfolding of the intuition; but its virtue is as silent method; the moment it would appear as propositions, and have a separate value, it is worthless."

Moments Intuition Logic

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Terry Pratchett Author

Logic

"He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one."

Logic Determined Behinds

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Thomas Carlyle Essayist, Historian, Novelist

Logic

"High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge will come to lodge."

Air Logic Castles

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Rich Lowry Political Commentator

Logic

"Multiculturalism, if its logic is fully played out, is the ideology of national suicide."

Suicide Logic Multiculturalism

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Richard Ford Novelist

Logic

"I get very involved in the internal logic of sentences."

Logic Sentences Internals

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Richard P. Feynman Physicist

Logic

"Mathematics is a language plus reasoning. It's like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning."

Language Tools Logic

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Steven Wright Comedian

Logic

"What I like about the jokes, to me it's a lot of logic, no matter how crazy they are. It has to make absolute sense, or it won't be funny."

Matter Crazy Logic

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Susan George Political Activist

Logic

"Whats immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands."

Kind Logic Capitalism

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Kate Green Politician

Logic

"Logic taken to an extreme would always equal chaos."

Taken Chaos Logic

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman

Logic

"Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless."

Useless Logic Rendering

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman

Logic

"The only hope [of science] ... is in genuine induction."

Science Hope Logic

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