Peter

Famous quotes containing the word peter:

    Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.
    —Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (b. 1919)

    No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.
    —Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (b. 1919)

    Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
    —Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936)