top of page
Reasoning Quotes


"He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn."


"Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have."


"Facts are always required to draw conclusions and make serious decisions."


"You all know the argument from design: everything in the world is made just so that we can manage to live in the world, and if the world was ever so little different, we could not manage to live in it. That is the argument from design. It sometimes takes a rather curious form; for instance, it is argued that rabbits have white tails in order to be easy to shoot. I do not know how rabbits would view that application."


"Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it."
bottom of page