Quotes About Logic

Logic is not a theory but a reflexion of the world.

As there is only a logical necessity, so there is only a logical impossibility.

From the point of view of logic, my report on 'Exclusion principle and quantum mechanics' has no conclusion. I believe that it will only be possible to write the conclusion if a theory will be established which will determine the value of the fine structure constant and will thus explain the atomistic structure of electricity, which is such an essential quality of all atomic sources of electric fields actually occurring in nature.

Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist nicht einmal falsch

All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.

Muerte (Una comedia) KLEINMAN: ¡Oh, no, no pienso quedarme aquí solo! ¡Estás de broma! ¡Hay un loco suelto por ahí! ¡Yo no me entiendo bien con los locos! Soy un individuo muy lógico. AL: El plan no permite que estemos juntos. KLEINMAN: Mira, no hagamos de esto un idilio. No tenemos que estar juntos nosotros. Con doce hombres fuertes cualesquiera me conformo.

but to pun on no less a maven than Blaise Pascal, "The art has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of.

I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.

But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

Love: the sickest of Irony's sick jokes. The place where logic and order go to die.

First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... . Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly, or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.

In contrast to the objectivity of blind justice and the abstract logic of principled reasoning, care reasoning requires understanding particularity—the needs, interests, and well-being of another person—and understanding the relationship between oneself and that other person. This requires a moral stance "informed by care, love, empathy, compassion, and emotional sensitivity.

The search for meaning is an illusion of logic and a requirement of the middleclass for predictable breeding space.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it

Let your desires be ruled by reason.

Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)

Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule.

Do you think I'm stupid? Only a fool would use a fast-acting poison on a target with a taster. The taster goes down before the king gets it into his system." Lila blinked at him, as if surprised by this display of logic.

En sí misma, toda idea es neutra o debería serlo; pero el hombre la anima, proyecta en ella sus llamas y sus demencias; impura, transformada en creencia, se inserta en el tiempo, adopta figura de suceso: el paso de la lógica a la epilepsia se ha consumado... Así nacen las ideologías, las doctrinas y las farsas sangrientas.

Quiero aceptar mi libertad sin pensar en lo que muchos creen: que existir es cosa de locos, un caso de demencia. Porque lo parece. Existir no es lógico.

And I want to accept my freedom without thinking what so many do, that existing is something for fools, a case of madness. Because that's what it seems like. Existing isn't logical.

What Angela writes can be read aloud: her words are voluptuous and give physical pleasure. I am geometric, Angela is a spiral, all finesse. She is intuitive, I am logical. She is not afraid to err in the use of words. And I do not err. I am well aware that she is the succulent grape and I am the raisin.