Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason

The world of reason is to be regarded as a great and immortal being, who ceaselessly works out what is necessary, and so makes himself lord also over what is accidental.

Reason is non-negotiable. Try to argue against it, or to exclude it from some realm of knowledge, and you've already lost the argument, because you're using reason to make your case. ... We don't "believe" in reason.

Logic is the art of making truth prevail.

Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.

He that cannot reason is a fool.

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

I possess a strong sense of reason.

I will live by the standard of reason, and if thinking in accordance with reason takes me to perdition, then I will go to hell with my reason rather than to heaven without it.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

Common sense is not so common.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.