Geach, Peter

"Intentionality is the mark of mental phenomena and thought."

"The nature of concepts has been debated since the Greeks."

"Language is public; private meanings are logical impossibilities."

"Good philosophy is patient philosophy."

"The substance of an argument lies in its logical structure."

"Reality is more subtle than our initial concepts suggest."

"Education in logic is education in careful thought."

"The predicable relations between things structure our understanding."

"To deny the principle of identity is to deny being itself."

"Philosophy teaches us to question what seems obvious."

"Abstract objects pose unique problems for metaphysics."

"Ordinary language often embeds philosophical wisdom."

"Precision in language leads to clarity in thought."

"The logical structure of a statement determines its truth conditions."

"Medieval thinkers achieved a remarkable synthesis of reason and faith."

"One cannot understand modernity without understanding the medieval period."

"Words carry the weight of tradition; we inherit meaning as we inherit language."

"Good reasoning follows rules that are not arbitrary."

"The concept of being is the most general and most fundamental concept."

"Truth requires both an adequate concept and an adequate reality."

"To philosophize well one must think like both a logician and a poet."

"The analysis of ordinary language reveals extraordinary philosophical depth."

"Meaning is determined by use within a linguistic community."

"Logic is not a constraint on reality; it is the form of reality."

"One should not multiply concepts beyond necessity."

"The relationship between language and thought is fundamental to philosophy."

"Understanding others requires understanding their conceptual frameworks."

"Great philosophers are those who think with both power and care."

"The nature of properties and their instantiation remains philosophically puzzling."

"Words are not transparent; they require careful interpretation."