#reasonin

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. ↗

— Christopher Smart

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All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

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It's not that fun to just play a villain, without any reasoning behind it. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

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There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. ↗

— John Locke

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