Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reasoning ability does not guarantee truth, nor does lack of it prevent finding truth.
- In plain terms
- Men and women both find truth and make errors regardless of reasoning skill.
- What can you take from it?
- Trust results over supposed reasoning ability.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you judge truth?
- Where do you rely on intuition?
Another view
Reasoning does impact accuracy in some contexts.
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