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Plurality is not to be posited without necessity.

William Of Ockham / Philosopher
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Plurality is not to be posited without necessity.

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Entities should not be posited unnecessarily.

William Of Ockham Philosopher

Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

William Of Ockham Philosopher

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

William Of Ockham Philosopher

Plurality should not be assumed without necessity.

William Of Ockham Philosopher

The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.

Albert Camus Author

It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want.

Amy Tan Film Writer

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery Writer

It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our thoughts, but probably most of us lack such gravitas. Luckily, there's something even better: evidence, logic, and argument.

Barry Eisler Novelist

Logic is an excellent weapon when employed correctly.

Cherise Sinclair Author

Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

Chiang Kai-Shek Former President Of The Republic Of China

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