Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

Bein logical gave me a reason to doubt

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 knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

I enjoy a good reasoned argument. I love the power of logic.

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.

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.

It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller.

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.

Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does.

What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.

He that cannot reason is a fool.

The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.

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

We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.

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