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quotes by topic Rationality

" Nature draws no line between living and nonliving. "

K. Eric Drexler

Lines , Draws , Rationality

" Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality. "

L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Rationality

" When a man tells you he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring he is an inexact man. "

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy , Rationality

" The power of reason is thought small in these days, but I remain an unrepentant rationalist. Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife. Therefore every orgy of unreason in the end strengthens the friends of reason, and shows afresh that they are the only true friends of humanity. "

Bertrand Russell

Reason , Rationality

" I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out. I do not believe that, on the balance, religious belief has been a force for good. Although I am prepared to admit that in certain times and places it has had some good effects, I regard it as belonging to the infancy of human reason, and to a stage of development which we are now outgrowing. "

Bertrand Russell

Rationality , beliefs

" It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controversy are perpetually presented as attractively as possible, while the arguments on the other side can only be discovered by diligent search. "

Bertrand Russell

Rationality