An Understatement
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| Rabindranath Tagore |
So, here’s what I have to say about one of Rabindranath Tagore’s reputed quotes,
“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it”
“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it”
If you haven’t already got it, what he was basically trying to say was that if you rely wholly on reasoning devoid of sympathy or empathy, you’re going to be a bottleneck on yourself or ruin your prospects.
At first, of course, I’d have to agree but at the same time, I want to disagree maybe because I’m that stubborn or just because it looked odd to me that he stated something so self-evident.
Whatever the case may be, I think he got ‘logic’ all wrong and so did I but since I wanted to cook up some counter-argument against his statement one way or the other, I looked it up.
While dictionary.com defines it as “the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.”
As they seem to mention, the logical thinking seems to rely on some underlying rules or ‘validity’ to which I want to add that these are not rigid yet not entirely flexible when thinking logically; you work in a set of parameters.
Whether the conclusion made is the right one or not depends on the quality of that decisions but it’s much more reliable than letting your emotions make them for you.
But what Tagore gets wrong is his assumption that these parameters don’t take into account morals or empathy making it sound like being all logic means apathy. As such one takes emotion into consideration when making a rational decision. Certainly, that’s not always the case because sometimes these sentiments themselves hinder the quality of your decision.
You may counter me with Thanos’ decision of erasing half of the population of the universe and too many, unfortunately, think that to be a very logical resolution but, verily, it’s not. It’s nothing more than wishful thinking and its a rationale that has persisted for decades, though only with a small number, but it has been proved wrong time and time again.
A simple reference here.
At this point, you must have realised that this entire time all I was doing was nitpicking Tagore’s remark for his slight misconception but however it may seem, it is important to make the distinction. I’ve now realised that even his statement may not seem so obvious to all.
I reiterate what I’ve been trying to mean, logic is itself an intersection between thought and feelings and not a separate set.
But ultimately, my conclusion coincides with Rabindranath Tagore’s; both are inefficient alone, either too sharp or too dull, ergo, you cannot have one without the other.
At first, of course, I’d have to agree but at the same time, I want to disagree maybe because I’m that stubborn or just because it looked odd to me that he stated something so self-evident.
Whatever the case may be, I think he got ‘logic’ all wrong and so did I but since I wanted to cook up some counter-argument against his statement one way or the other, I looked it up.
en.oxforddictionaries.com defines it as “Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.” and “The quality of being justifiable by reason.”
While dictionary.com defines it as “the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.”
As they seem to mention, the logical thinking seems to rely on some underlying rules or ‘validity’ to which I want to add that these are not rigid yet not entirely flexible when thinking logically; you work in a set of parameters.
Whether the conclusion made is the right one or not depends on the quality of that decisions but it’s much more reliable than letting your emotions make them for you.
But what Tagore gets wrong is his assumption that these parameters don’t take into account morals or empathy making it sound like being all logic means apathy. As such one takes emotion into consideration when making a rational decision. Certainly, that’s not always the case because sometimes these sentiments themselves hinder the quality of your decision.
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| Avengers: Infinity War |
You may counter me with Thanos’ decision of erasing half of the population of the universe and too many, unfortunately, think that to be a very logical resolution but, verily, it’s not. It’s nothing more than wishful thinking and its a rationale that has persisted for decades, though only with a small number, but it has been proved wrong time and time again.
A simple reference here.
At this point, you must have realised that this entire time all I was doing was nitpicking Tagore’s remark for his slight misconception but however it may seem, it is important to make the distinction. I’ve now realised that even his statement may not seem so obvious to all.
I reiterate what I’ve been trying to mean, logic is itself an intersection between thought and feelings and not a separate set.
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| Yin Yang |
But ultimately, my conclusion coincides with Rabindranath Tagore’s; both are inefficient alone, either too sharp or too dull, ergo, you cannot have one without the other.
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