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The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action.

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

He was very much concerned with logic and function, he always worked his solos out before playing them.

Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, it never can talk only about what it's supposed to talk about but is always spreading around.

There is a certain logic to events that pushes you along a certain path. You go along the path that feels the most true, and most according to the principles that are guiding you, and that's the way the decisions are made.

There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but it's there to be seen.

It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?

It is such a complex matter we live within, it is impossible to track logic and decision making really, so therefore each choice can actually only be seen as coincidence.

Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you.

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.