The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Current logic stabilizes errors more than it finds truth.
- In plain terms
- Logic often protects wrong ideas instead of finding right ones.
- What can you take from it?
- Old reasoning methods can trap us in errors.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What errors does your logic preserve?
- How can reasoning serve truth better?
Another view
It dismisses logic entirely without acknowledging its constructive uses.
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