The intellect, so skillfull in dealing with the inert, is awkward the moment it touches the living.
Henri Bergson
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Tag Archives: reason
Uses of Reason
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
Gilles Deleuze
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Relevant Intelligence
More truth is found in the ordinary man’s reason on matters that concern him than in a scholar’s speculations.
Descartes
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Sound of Passion
No matter how loud reason shouts, the passions are louder.
Erasmus
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Moral Evolution
The rules of morality are not conclusions of our reason.
David Hume
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Humble Beginning
Humility is the beginning of all reason.
Ludwig Anzengruber
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Collective Freedom
There’s absolutely no inevitability as long as there’s a willingness to contemplate what is happening.
Marshall McLuhan
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Upon Further Consideration
Having lived long, I’ve experienced many instances of being obliged by better information…to change important opinions.
James Wilson
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Rules Cannot Think
Rules may deaden men’s wits but can hardly sharpen them.
Roscoe Pound
#1914 #twisdom #law #creativity
Breathe Poetry Speak Life
Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music…say some reasonable thing.
Goethe
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