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Logic is the most useful tool of all the arts. Without it no science can be fully known. It is not worn out by repeated use, after the manner of mate… - William of Ockham
" "Logic is the most useful tool of all the arts. Without it no science can be fully known. It is not worn out by repeated use, after the manner of material tools, but rather admits of continual growth through the diligent exercise of any other science. For just as a mechanic who lacks a complete knowledge of his tool gains a fuller [knowledge] by using it, so one who is educated in the firm principles of logic, while he painstakingly devotes his labor to the other sciences, acquires at the same time a greater skill at this art.
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About William of Ockham
William of Ockham, also Occam (ca. 1287–1347), was an English theologian and Franciscan friar, most famous as a proponent of what has become known as Occam's razor.
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Guilelmus de Ockham
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William of Occam
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William of Oakham
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