Proposition True

Famous quotes containing the words proposition and/or true:

“Truth exists. The sole purpose of this proposition is to assert the existence of truth against imbeciles and sceptics.”
—Edward Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord (1583–1648)

“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)