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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

12992	Logic teaches us how to order and connect our thoughts [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Logic teaches us how to order and connect our thoughts.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 3.10)
	A reaction: Leibniz had a higher opinion of logic than contemporaries like Locke. The question is whether logic can actually teach us better order than we could otherwise manage, or whether it just describes what most thinkers do.