“It is not the slumber of reason that engenders monsters, but vigilant and insomniac rationality.”
Source: Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
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“The sleep of reason produces monsters.”
Francisco De Goya (1746–1828) Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
1790s
Taraneh Javanbakht (1974) Iranian scientist, faculty, poet, translator, playwright and writer
the necessary and sufficient conditions for rational knowledge <br class="br">Source: Great Islamic Encyclopedia website, 2016 https://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/news/154958
“Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters”
Francisco De Goya (1746–1828) Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
1790s
Variant: The sleep of reason produces monsters.
Francisco De Goya (1746–1828) Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
quoted by Albert Frederick Calvert, in Goya; an account of his life and works; publisher London J. Lane, 1908; as quoted in Francisco Goya, Hugh Stokes, Herbert Jenkins Limited Publishers, London, 1914, pp. 355-377
Goya wrote this inscription upon a later copy of the etching-plate Capricho no. 43
1790s
“Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.”
Karen Horney book Our Inner Conflicts
Our Inner Conflicts (1945) http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561555562/Reason_Rationalization_may_be_defined_as.html
Ethan Allen (1738–1789) American general
Source: Reason: The Only Oracle Of Man (1784), Ch. IV Section I - Speculation on the Doctrine of the Depravity of Human Reason
“The point is that humans are rarely at their best when they use rational reasoning.”
Didier Sornette (1957) French scientist
Source: Why Stock Markets Crash - Critical Events in Complex Systems (2003), Chapter 4, Positive Feedbacks, p. 106.