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Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he read more
Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic
Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not read more
Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel
Better to be without logic than without feeling.
Better to be without logic than without feeling.
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.
. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.