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Reasoning Quotes

On thinking clearly without losing feeling.

These reasoning quotes treat logic as something meant to uncover truth, not twist it, describing our powers of reasoning as a gift to use carefully rather than recklessly. One challenges the idea that Analytic thinking has to be cold, arguing it can be genuinely passionate.

These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.

Quotes by William John Wills

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.

Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

Plato

What we showed you was you can have analytic reasoning that can be passionate.

Quotes by John J. McLaughlin

Analytic Quotes

Logical reasoning is an argument which we have with ourselves and which reproduces internally the features of a real argument.

Quotes by Jean Piaget

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

Quotes by Herbert A. Simon

Frequently Asked Questions

What is reasoning meant to be used for, according to these quotes?
One quote describes it as a rare capacity meant to freely discover truth, with a clear warning against using it audaciously in ways that distort that truth.
Can reasoning be both analytic and passionate?
Yes, one quote argues directly that analytic reasoning doesn't have to be detached, and that it can carry real passion alongside its logic.
How is logical reasoning compared to a real argument?
One quote describes it as an internal exchange with oneself that reproduces the same features found in an actual, external Argument.
What separates science from the "fuzzy subjects" in these quotes?
One quote claims science specifically requires reasoning, while other, less rigorous subjects can rely on scholarship alone without that same demand.
Do these quotes treat reasoning as a natural or learned skill?
They lean toward natural, describing reasoning as something given to be used well, though the responsibility to use it properly still falls on each person.

Another compares logical reasoning to an internal Argument, one that mirrors a real debate even when it happens entirely in someone's head. A final quote draws a line between science, which demands reasoning, and softer subjects.