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Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the read more
Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that instrument is reason.
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher read more
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder
"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
[Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit read more
I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
[Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.]
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak.
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.