Many highly intelligent men will naturally gravitate towards logic due to their ability to rapidly process and dissect information, discern patterns, and understand intentions.
I agree in a sense that logic has limits - but even the latter tendency you explain, to become more spiritual and look at things holistically still requires rationality. Otherwise you end up believing woohoo nonsense that conflicts with reality.
Logic is a formalised and somewhat rigid application of rationality. Just like a mathematical formula, it can describe reality accurately within a limited defined context, but if the context changes and you continue to rigidly apply the same formula, it can lead you astray. Often the evidence imparted by the reality we deal with everyday gives us a sense of where truth lies, without being able to reduce it to a logical formula - at least not yet. This is essentially what’s called intuition. So yes, formal logic has limits, but staying rational and connected to reality as best we can remains crucial.
I agree in a sense that logic has limits - but even the latter tendency you explain, to become more spiritual and look at things holistically still requires rationality. Otherwise you end up believing woohoo nonsense that conflicts with reality.
Logic is a formalised and somewhat rigid application of rationality. Just like a mathematical formula, it can describe reality accurately within a limited defined context, but if the context changes and you continue to rigidly apply the same formula, it can lead you astray. Often the evidence imparted by the reality we deal with everyday gives us a sense of where truth lies, without being able to reduce it to a logical formula - at least not yet. This is essentially what’s called intuition. So yes, formal logic has limits, but staying rational and connected to reality as best we can remains crucial.