Alvin Plantinga

“It's hard to say what philosophy is. Somebody, and I forget who, defined it as just thinking exceptionally hard.”

“Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions.”

“Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.”

“De jure objections are arguments of claims to the effect that Christian belief, whether or not true, is at any rate unjustifiable, or rationally unjustified, or irrational, or not intellectually respectable, or contrary to sound morality, or without sufficient evidence, or in some other way rational...”