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Logic   /lˈɑdʒɪk/   Listen
Logic

noun
1.
The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference.
2.
Reasoned and reasonable judgment.
3.
The principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation.  "By the logic of war"
4.
The system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations.
5.
A system of reasoning.  Synonyms: logical system, system of logic.



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"Logic" Quotes from Famous Books



... The logic on which the hereditary prince rests is in effect this: I derive my power from my birth; I derive my birth from God; therefore I owe nothing to men. It is little that he has at hand a complacent minister, he continues to indulge, conscientiously, in all the crimes of tyranny. This has been ...
— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine

... period of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and the Adamses, we find no humor in the next generation. The only relief from the tedium of argument and exhaustless logic is found in the savage sarcasm of John Randolph, which was neither wit ...
— My Memories of Eighty Years • Chauncey M. Depew

... Paley's 'Evidences of Christianity,' and his 'Moral Philosophy.' This was done in a thorough manner, and I am convinced that I could have written out the whole of the 'Evidences' with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book and, as I may add, of his 'Natural Theology,' gave me as much delight as did Euclid. The careful study of these works, without attempting to learn any part by rote, was the only part of the academical course ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I • Francis Darwin

... examine the conformation of that gallery. It penetrates directly downward, and in a few hours it will bring us to the granite rocks. There we must meet with abundant springs. The nature of the rock assures me of this, and instinct agrees with logic to support my conviction. Now, this is my proposal. When Columbus asked of his ships' crews for three days more to discover a new world, those crews, disheartened and sick as they were, recognised ...
— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne

... is wonder that thou makest so feeble arguments, and hast gone so long to school. Aristotle's books and other books also of logic and of philosophy were translated out of Greek into Latin. Also at praying of King Charles, John Scott translated Deny's books out of Greek into Latin, and then out of Latin into French; then what hath English trespassed that it might not be ...
— Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse • Various


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