November 2025
Beginner
416 pages
8h 6m
English
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Chapter 23
Ten (or So) Quotes about Logic
IN THIS CHAPTER
Introducing logic quotes for $2,000, please
Getting some logical perspective
Okay, so I actually include 11 quotes here — but who’s counting? They’re all interesting and offer a variety of perspectives on logic.
AMBROSE BIERCE — AMERICAN WRITER/SATIRIST
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
SAMUEL BUTLER — ENGLISH NOVELIST/ESSAYIST
Logic is like the sword — those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
G. K. CHESTERTON — ENGLISH WRITER
You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.
ALBERT EINSTEIN — GERMAN PHYSICIST
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH — AMERICAN NATURALIST/WRITER
Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
JOHN LOCKE — 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER
Logic is the anatomy of thought.
KATE MULGREW — AMERICAN ACTOR (SPEAKING AS CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY ON STAR TREK: VOYAGER)
You can use logic to justify almost anything. That’s its power — and its flaw.
LEONARD NIMOY — AMERICAN ACTOR (SPEAKING AS SPOCK ON STAR TREK)
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY — FRENCH ...
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