Quote #6
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
More from Benjamin Jowett
- One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
- We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?
- I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me.
- Learn just enough of the subject [metaphysics] to enable your mind to get rid of it.
- Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.
- We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, uni…
- Research! Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
- Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common …